Polar Code Encoding Method and Apparatus

ABSTRACT

A polar code encoding method and apparatus are provided, the method including obtaining a first sequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits, where the first sequence comprises sequence numbers of N polar channels, where the sequence numbers of the N polar channels are arranged in the first sequence according to reliability of the N polar channels, where K is a positive integer, where N is a mother code length of a polar code, where N is a positive integer power of 2, and where K≤N, selecting sequence numbers of K polar channels from the first sequence in descending order of the reliability, and placing the to-be-encoded bits according to the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels, and performing polar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2018/096316, filed on Jul. 19, 2018, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201710601619.1, filed on Jul. 21, 2017.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to a polar code encoding method andapparatus.

BACKGROUND

Channel coding, as a most fundamental wireless access technology, playsa vital role in ensuring reliable data transmission. In an existingwireless communications system, a turbo code, a low-density parity-check(LDPC) code, and a polar code are usually used to perform channelcoding. The turbo code cannot support information transmission at anexcessively low or high code rate. Due to encoding/decodingcharacteristics of the turbo code and the LDPC code, for medium andshort packet transmission, it is difficult for the turbo code and theLDPC code to achieve ideal performance in case of a limited code length.In terms of implementation, the turbo code and the LDPC code haverelatively high computation complexity in an encoding/decodingimplementation process. The polar code is a high-performance code thathas been theoretically proved to be capable of achieving a Shannoncapacity and that has relatively low encoding/decoding complexity, andtherefore is applied increasingly widely.

However, as the wireless communications system evolves rapidly, a futurecommunications system such as a fifth generation (5G) communicationssystem has some new characteristics. For example, three most typicalcommunications scenarios include enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB),massive machine type communications (mMTC), and ultra-reliable and lowlatency communications (URLLC). A higher requirement is imposed forencoding/decoding performance of a polar code in these communicationsscenarios.

Reliability sorting of polar channels play a vital role inencoding/decoding performance of a polar code. However, in the currentphase, accuracy of the reliability sorting of the polar channels is notideal, affecting further improvement of the encoding/decodingperformance of the polar code in an application process.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a polar code encoding method andapparatus, to improve accuracy of reliability sorting of polar channels.

The specific technical solutions provided in the embodiments of thisapplication are as follows:

According to a first aspect, a polar code encoding method is provided.To-be-encoded bits are obtained, where a length of the to-be-encodedbits is K, and K is a positive integer. A sequence used to encode the Kto-be-encoded bits is obtained, and is denoted as a first sequence,where the first sequence is used to indicate sorting of reliability of Npolar channels, the first sequence includes sequence numbers of the Npolar channels, and the sequence numbers of the N polar channels arearranged in the first sequence based on the reliability of the N polarchannels, where N is a mother code length of a polar code, N is apositive integer power of 2, and K≤N. First K sequence numbers for whichreliability is sorted higher are selected from the first sequence indescending order of the reliability. The to-be-encoded bits are mappedto polar channels having the first K sequence numbers, and polar codeencoding is performed on the to-be-encoded bits. In this way, locationsof an information bit and a fixed bit are determined by computingreliability of a polar channel of a polar code, where the locations arenot related to a channel parameter and a code rate. This can reducecomputation complexity during the polar code encoding.

In a possible design, reliability of each polar channel in the N polarchannels is obtained, where reliability of an i^(th) polar channel inthe N polar channels is determined by using a reliability computationformula in any one of the following possible designs. Optionally, thereliability of the polar channel may be computed online or may becomputed offline and stored. Such sequence construction manners may beunrelated to a physical channel parameter, and therefore are convenientfor offline storage.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels is determined by using a first reliability computationformula, and the first reliability computation formula is W_(i)=Σ_(j=0)^(n−1)B_(j)×(Σ_(ξ∈Ξ)C(ξ, j)Ψ(ξ, j)^(E(ξ)j)), where 1≤i≤N, W₁is thereliability of the i^(th) polar channel, n=Log₂N, i meetsi−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binaryrepresentation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binaryrepresentation of a channel sequence number i, where B_(j)∈{0,1}, Ξ E isa set of ξ orders included in the first reliability computation formula,C(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, and represents a weight value of eachorder term, Ψ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, and E (ξ) is a function ofand represents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order kernel function Ψ(ξ,j) varies with j.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels is determined by using a second reliability computationformula, and the second reliability computation formula is

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} )}}},$

where 1≤i≤N, W₁ is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel, n=Log₂N,i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ isa binary representation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of abinary representation of a channel sequence number i, where B_(j)∈{0,1},Ξ is a set of ξ orders included in the second reliability computationformula, C(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a weight value of eachorder term, β is a constant greater than 1; E(ξ) is a function of ξ, andrepresents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order β kernel varies with j.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels is determined by using a third reliability computationformula, and the third reliability computation formula is

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{\frac{1}{4\xi}j}}} )}}},$

where 1≤i≤N, W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel,n=Log₂N, i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . .B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bitof a binary representation of a channel sequence number i, whereB_(j)∈{0,1}, Ξ is a set of ξ orders included in the third reliabilitycomputation formula, C(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a weightvalue of each order term, and β is a constant greater than 1.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels is determined by using a fourth reliability computationformula, and the fourth reliability computation formula is

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times ( {{\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{1}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{2}}}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} + {\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{2}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{1}}}{{C(\xi)}{\Psi ( {\xi,j} )}^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}}} )}}},$

where 1≤i≤N, W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel,n=Log₂N, i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . .B₀ is a binary representation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bitof a binary representation of a channel sequence number i, whereB_(j)∈{0,1}, Ξ and Ξ₂ are sets of ξ orders in the fourth reliabilitycomputation formula, C(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a weightvalue of each order term, Ψ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, β is aconstant greater than 1, E (ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents afrequency at which a ξ^(th)-order β kernel varies with j or a frequencyat which a ξ^(th)-order kernel function Ψ(ξ, j) varies with j.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels is determined by using a fifth reliability computationformula, and the fifth reliability computation formula is

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times ( {{C(j)} \times {\Psi (j)}^{E \times j}} )}}},$

where 1≤i≤N, W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel,n=Log₂N, i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−)B_(n−2) . . .B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bitof a binary representation of a channel sequence number i, whereB_(j)∈{0,1}, C(j) is a constant, and is a coefficient for each binarykernel function, and E is a constant, and describes a frequency at whicha kernel function Ψ(j) varies with j, where the kernel function Ψ(j) isa function of a binary representation bit j of the channel sequencenumber i.

In a possible design, the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in theN polar channels meets a sixth reliability computation formula, and thesixth reliability computation formula is:

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}( {{B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {a \times b^{j}}} )} + {( {\prod\limits_{k \in K}B_{k}} ) \times B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {c \times d^{j}}} )}} )}},$

where 1≤i≤N, W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel,n=Log₂N, i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . .B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1, B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bitof a binary representation of a channel sequence number i, where ,B_(j)∈{0,1}, β is a constant greater than 1, K is a set binaryrepresentation bits of the channel sequence number, to be specific,elements include 0 to n−1, where K is a subset of a set {0, 1, . . . ,n−1}, a size of the set meets 0≤Size(K)≤n−1, if m exists in the set K,sorting of channel sequence numbers from 0 to 2^(m)−1 is inconsistentwith sorting of channel sequence numbers from 2^(m) to 2^(m+1)−1 in thesequence, and the elements in the set K changes symmetry characteristicsof the sequence, and a and c are respectively weights of kernelfunctions b and d.

In a possible design, β=2^(¼).

In a possible design, a value range of the polar channel sequence numberi is 0≤i≤N−1. In this case, B_(n−1)B^(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ the foregoingpossible designs is the binary representation of i.

Computing the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in the N polarchannels by using any form of formula above may help improve evaluationaccuracy of polar channel reliability, thereby improvingencoding/decoding performance of a polar code.

In a possible design, the first sequence is a second sequence or asubset of a second sequence, the second sequence includes sequencenumbers of N_(max) polar channels, and the sequence numbers of theN_(max) polar channels are arranged in the second sequence based onreliability of the N_(max) polar channels, where N_(max) is a positiveinteger power of 2, and N_(max)≥N. N_(max) is a maximum mother codelength of the polar code, for example, N_(max)=1024, or N_(max)=512. Asequence needs to meet a nesting characteristic. Therefore, when thesecond sequence having the maximum mother code length is determined,another sequence having a relatively short mother code length may beobtained based on the second sequence.

In a possible design, the second sequence may be determined by using aformula in any one of the foregoing possible designs, provided that N inthe formula is replaced with N_(max).

In a possible design, when a=−0.22, b=1.2, c=0.26, d=1, f=0, g=1, andΞ{0,1}, the first reliability computation formula may be embodied as

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times ( {{1.2^{j}} + {{0.2}6 \times ( {{0.9}8^{j}} )}} )}}}.$

The embodied formula is used to compute reliability of a polar channel.When N=1024, the first sequence is the following sequence, or whenN_(max)=1024, the second sequence may also be the following sequence,where polar channel sequence numbers start from 1:

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In a possible design, when Ξ={0,1} includes a zeroth-order term and afirst-order term, and a coefficient is defined as

${{C(\xi)} = \frac{1}{4\xi}},$

the second reliability computation formula may be embodied as

$W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}{B_{j} \times {( {\beta^{j} + {\frac{1}{4}\beta^{\frac{1}{4}j}}} ).}}}$

The embodied formula is used to compute reliability of a polar channel.When N=1024, the first sequence is the following sequence, or whenN_(max)=1024, the second sequence may also be the following sequence,where polar channel sequence numbers start from 1:

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 130, 49, 20, 15, 73, 513,131, 22, 133, 36, 23, 81, 26, 258, 38, 137, 27, 259, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29,145, 261, 70, 43, 50, 71, 265, 45, 16, 74, 514, 161, 132, 51, 75, 515,134, 273, 53, 24, 82, 77, 517, 135, 193, 83, 138, 57, 28, 289, 260, 40,98, 521, 139, 85, 30, 146, 262, 99, 141, 44, 31, 89, 529, 147, 263, 321,101, 72, 266, 46, 162, 149, 52, 267, 47, 105, 545, 76, 516, 163, 274,54, 153, 269, 385, 78, 518, 165, 136, 275, 194, 55, 113, 84, 58, 79,519, 577, 290, 195, 277, 522, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291, 197, 100, 523, 87,142, 281, 61, 32, 90, 530, 177, 148, 293, 264, 322, 102, 525, 143, 201,641, 91, 531, 150, 323, 103, 297, 268, 48, 106, 546, 164, 93, 533, 151,209, 325, 154, 270, 107, 547, 386, 166, 305, 276, 56, 114, 537, 155,271, 329, 769, 109, 549, 387, 80, 520, 167, 578, 225, 196, 278, 115,170, 157, 60, 579, 389, 292, 553, 279, 198, 524, 337, 171, 117, 88, 282,62, 178, 581, 294, 199, 393, 526, 173, 144, 283, 202, 642, 63, 121, 561,92, 532, 179, 295, 353, 324, 104, 527, 585, 298, 203, 643, 285, 401, 94,534, 181, 152, 210, 326, 299, 205, 108, 645, 548, 95, 535, 593, 306,211, 538, 327, 185, 156, 301, 272, 330, 770, 417, 110, 550, 388, 168,307, 226, 649, 213, 116, 539, 158, 331, 771, 111, 551, 609, 580, 390,227, 309, 554, 280, 338, 172, 118, 541, 159, 217, 657, 333, 773, 391,449, 582, 229, 555, 200, 339, 394, 119, 174, 313, 284, 64, 122, 562,180, 583, 296, 354, 777, 557, 395, 528, 341, 175, 586, 233, 673, 204,644, 286, 123, 563, 402, 182, 355, 587, 397, 300, 287, 206, 646, 345,785, 125, 565, 403, 96, 536, 183, 594, 241, 212, 357, 328, 186, 589,302, 207, 647, 705, 418, 595, 405, 308, 650, 569, 214, 540, 187, 303,361, 801, 332, 772, 419, 112, 552, 610, 228, 651, 597, 310, 215, 409,542, 189, 160, 218, 658, 334, 774, 611, 421, 392, 450, 311, 230, 653,556, 369, 340, 120, 543, 601, 314, 219, 659, 335, 775, 833, 613, 451,584, 231, 778, 425, 558, 396, 342, 176, 315, 234, 674, 221, 124, 661,564, 453, 356, 779, 559, 617, 343, 588, 398, 235, 675, 317, 288, 346,786, 433, 126, 566, 404, 184, 242, 665, 358, 781, 399, 457, 897, 590,237, 677, 208, 648, 347, 787, 706, 127, 567, 625, 596, 406, 243, 570,359, 188, 591, 304, 362, 802, 707, 420, 349, 789, 681, 407, 652, 465,598, 245, 571, 216, 410, 190, 363, 803, 709, 612, 422, 599, 312, 654,370, 793, 573, 411, 544, 191, 602, 249, 689, 220, 660, 365, 805, 336,776, 423, 834, 481, 614, 452, 232, 655, 371, 713, 426, 603, 413, 316,222, 662, 835, 615, 809, 454, 780, 427, 560, 373, 618, 344, 236, 676,605, 318, 223, 663, 721, 434, 837, 666, 455, 782, 619, 429, 400, 458,898, 319, 238, 678, 377, 817, 348, 788, 435, 128, 568, 626, 244, 667,360, 783, 841, 621, 459, 899, 592, 239, 679, 737, 708, 350, 790, 627,437, 682, 408, 466, 246, 669, 572, 461, 364, 901, 804, 351, 791, 710,849, 683, 629, 467, 600, 247, 794, 441, 574, 412, 192, 250, 690, 366,806, 711, 424, 482, 905, 685, 656, 469, 372, 795, 714, 575, 633, 604,414, 251, 691, 367, 807, 865, 836, 483, 616, 810, 715, 428, 374, 797,415, 473, 913, 606, 253, 693, 224, 664, 722, 838, 485, 811, 456, 375,717, 620, 430, 607, 320, 378, 818, 723, 436, 839, 697, 668, 813, 784,431, 842, 489, 929, 622, 460, 900, 240, 680, 379, 819, 738, 725, 628,438, 670, 843, 623, 462, 902, 739, 381, 821, 352, 792, 439, 850, 684,497, 630, 468, 248, 671, 729, 442, 845, 463, 903, 961, 741, 712, 851,906, 631, 686, 825, 470, 796, 443, 576, 634, 252, 692, 368, 808, 866,484, 907, 853, 687, 745, 471, 716, 798, 635, 445, 416, 474, 914, 254,694, 867, 486, 909, 812, 376, 799, 718, 857, 637, 475, 915, 608, 255,695, 753, 724, 869, 840, 698, 487, 814, 719, 432, 490, 930, 477, 380,917, 820, 726, 699, 815, 873, 844, 491, 931, 624, 740, 382, 822, 727,440, 498, 921, 701, 672, 730, 846, 493, 933, 464, 904, 962, 383, 823,742, 881, 852, 499, 632, 826, 731, 444, 847, 963, 743, 937, 908, 854,688, 501, 827, 746, 472, 733, 636, 446, 965, 868, 855, 910, 747, 829,800, 447, 858, 505, 945, 638, 476, 916, 256, 696, 754, 870, 488, 911,969, 749, 720, 859, 639, 478, 918, 755, 871, 700, 816, 874, 492, 932,861, 479, 919, 977, 757, 728, 922, 702, 875, 494, 934, 384, 824, 882,500, 923, 703, 761, 732, 877, 848, 495, 935, 993, 964, 744, 883, 938,502, 925, 828, 734, 966, 939, 885, 856, 503, 748, 830, 735, 448, 506,946, 967, 941, 912, 970, 831, 750, 889, 860, 507, 947, 640, 756, 872,971, 751, 862, 509, 949, 480, 920, 978, 758, 973, 876, 863, 979, 759,953, 924, 704, 762, 878, 496, 936, 994, 981, 884, 926, 763, 879, 995,940, 886, 504, 927, 985, 765, 736, 997, 968, 887, 942, 832, 890, 508,948, 943, 1001, 972, 752, 891, 510, 950, 974, 893, 864, 511, 951, 1009,980, 760, 954, 975, 982, 955, 764, 880, 996, 983, 957, 928, 986, 766,998, 888, 987, 767, 999, 944, 1002, 989, 892, 1003, 894, 512, 952, 1010,1005, 976, 895, 1011, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 959, 1017, 988, 768, 1000,990, 1004, 991, 1006, 896, 1012, 1007, 1014, 1015, 960, 1018, 1019,1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024].

In a possible design, when Ξ={0,1,2} includes a zeroth-order term, afirst-order term, a second-order term, and a coefficient is defined as

${{C(\xi)} = \frac{1}{4\xi}},$

the third reliability computation formula may be embodied as

$W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times {( {\beta^{j} + {\frac{1}{4}\beta^{\frac{1}{4}j}} + {\frac{1}{16}\beta^{\frac{1}{16}j}}} ).}}}$

The embodied formula is used to compute reliability of a polar channel.When N=1024, the first sequence is the following sequence, or whenN_(max)=1024, the second sequence may also be the following sequence,where polar channel sequence numbers start from 1:

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 65, 7, 10, 11, 18, 129, 13, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 66, 8, 67, 41, 12, 69, 130, 14, 49, 20, 513, 73, 131,15, 22, 133, 36, 81, 23, 26, 258, 137, 38, 27, 259, 97, 39, 68, 42, 145,29, 261, 70, 43, 50, 265, 71, 514, 161, 45, 74, 132, 16, 51, 515, 75,273, 134, 53, 82, 24, 517, 193, 77, 135, 83, 138, 57, 289, 28, 521, 260,98, 139, 40, 85, 146, 30, 262, 99, 141, 529, 44, 89, 321, 147, 31, 263,101, 266, 72, 162, 46, 149, 52, 545, 267, 105, 516, 163, 47, 76, 274,153, 54, 385, 269, 518, 165, 275, 194, 78, 113, 136, 55, 84, 577, 519,58, 290, 195, 79, 277, 522, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291, 523, 197, 100, 281,87, 142, 530, 177, 61, 90, 293, 322, 148, 641, 32, 525, 264, 201, 102,143, 531, 91, 323, 150, 297, 103, 546, 268, 533, 106, 164, 209, 48, 93,325, 151, 547, 154, 386, 270, 107, 305, 166, 537, 276, 769, 114, 329,155, 56, 549, 387, 271, 578, 225, 109, 520, 167, 196, 80, 278, 115, 170,157, 579, 389, 60, 553, 292, 337, 279, 524, 198, 171, 117, 282, 88, 581,178, 62, 393, 294, 199, 642, 526, 173, 561, 283, 202, 121, 144, 532,353, 179, 63, 92, 295, 585, 324, 643, 527, 298, 203, 104, 401, 285, 534,181, 210, 94, 326, 152, 645, 299, 205, 548, 593, 535, 108, 306, 211, 95,538, 327, 185, 770, 417, 301, 330, 156, 649, 550, 388, 272, 307, 226,110, 168, 539, 213, 771, 116, 609, 331, 551, 158, 580, 390, 227, 111,309, 554, 338, 657, 541, 280, 773, 172, 217, 118, 449, 333, 159, 391,582, 555, 229, 339, 394, 200, 313, 119, 174, 562, 284, 777, 583, 122,354, 180, 673, 64, 557, 395, 296, 341, 586, 233, 644, 528, 175, 563,204, 402, 286, 123, 355, 182, 587, 397, 785, 646, 300, 345, 565, 403,287, 206, 594, 241, 125, 536, 357, 183, 212, 705, 96, 589, 328, 647,186, 418, 302, 207, 595, 405, 650, 569, 308, 801, 540, 214, 361, 187,772, 419, 303, 610, 332, 651, 552, 597, 228, 112, 409, 310, 215, 658,542, 189, 774, 611, 218, 421, 450, 334, 160, 653, 369, 392, 311, 556,230, 601, 340, 833, 659, 543, 775, 314, 219, 120, 613, 451, 335, 778,425, 584, 231, 674, 558, 396, 342, 661, 315, 234, 176, 221, 564, 779,453, 124, 617, 356, 675, 559, 343, 588, 398, 235, 786, 433, 317, 346,665, 566, 404, 897, 288, 781, 242, 126, 457, 358, 184, 677, 399, 787,706, 590, 237, 625, 648, 347, 567, 208, 596, 406, 243, 127, 570, 359,802, 707, 591, 789, 362, 188, 681, 420, 465, 304, 349, 407, 652, 598,571, 245, 803, 410, 216, 709, 363, 190, 612, 422, 793, 599, 654, 370,689, 573, 411, 312, 602, 805, 249, 834, 660, 544, 481, 365, 191, 776,220, 423, 713, 614, 452, 336, 655, 371, 426, 232, 603, 413, 835, 662,316, 809, 615, 222, 780, 454, 427, 373, 618, 676, 721, 560, 605, 344,837, 663, 236, 434, 318, 223, 666, 455, 898, 782, 619, 429, 817, 458,678, 377, 400, 788, 435, 319, 238, 626, 348, 841, 667, 568, 899, 783,244, 737, 128, 621, 459, 360, 679, 708, 592, 239, 790, 627, 437, 682,466, 350, 669, 408, 901, 572, 246, 461, 804, 849, 791, 710, 364, 683,629, 467, 351, 794, 441, 600, 247, 690, 574, 412, 905, 806, 711, 250,482, 366, 192, 685, 424, 795, 469, 714, 633, 656, 372, 865, 691, 575,604, 807, 414, 251, 836, 483, 367, 810, 715, 616, 913, 797, 428, 473,374, 693, 415, 722, 606, 253, 838, 664, 811, 485, 224, 717, 456, 375,620, 430, 818, 723, 607, 839, 378, 697, 436, 929, 320, 813, 842, 668,489, 900, 784, 431, 819, 738, 622, 460, 680, 725, 379, 240, 628, 438,843, 670, 902, 739, 623, 821, 462, 850, 497, 381, 792, 439, 684, 729,630, 468, 961, 352, 845, 671, 903, 442, 248, 741, 463, 851, 906, 712,825, 631, 686, 796, 470, 443, 634, 866, 692, 576, 907, 808, 853, 252,745, 484, 368, 687, 471, 716, 914, 798, 635, 445, 867, 474, 694, 416,909, 254, 812, 486, 857, 915, 799, 718, 753, 637, 475, 376, 869, 695,724, 608, 255, 840, 698, 487, 930, 814, 719, 917, 490, 432, 477, 820,726, 380, 873, 699, 931, 815, 844, 491, 740, 624, 921, 822, 727, 498,382, 701, 440, 730, 933, 962, 846, 672, 493, 881, 904, 823, 742, 464,852, 499, 383, 826, 731, 632, 963, 847, 444, 937, 743, 908, 854, 827,501, 746, 688, 733, 472, 965, 636, 446, 868, 855, 910, 747, 945, 829,858, 505, 916, 800, 447, 754, 638, 476, 969, 870, 696, 911, 256, 749,488, 859, 720, 918, 755, 639, 871, 478, 874, 700, 932, 977, 816, 861,919, 492, 757, 479, 922, 728, 875, 702, 934, 494, 882, 923, 824, 761,500, 993, 384, 877, 703, 732, 935, 964, 848, 495, 883, 938, 744, 925,828, 502, 734, 966, 939, 885, 856, 503, 748, 946, 830, 735, 967, 506,448, 941, 970, 889, 912, 947, 831, 750, 860, 507, 756, 640, 971, 872,751, 949, 978, 862, 509, 920, 758, 480, 973, 876, 979, 863, 953, 759,924, 762, 994, 878, 704, 936, 981, 496, 884, 926, 763, 995, 879, 940,985, 886, 927, 765, 504, 997, 736, 968, 887, 942, 890, 948, 832, 508,1001, 943, 972, 891, 752, 950, 510, 974, 1009, 893, 951, 980, 864, 511,954, 760, 975, 982, 955, 764, 996, 880, 983, 957, 986, 928, 766, 998,987, 888, 767, 999, 1002, 944, 989, 892, 1003, 1010, 894, 952, 512,1005, 976, 1011, 895, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 1017, 959, 988, 768, 1000,990, 1004, 991, 1006, 1012, 896, 1007, 1014, 1015, 1018, 960, 1019,1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024].

In a possible design, for a set in which ξ only belongs to Ξ_(i), akernel function of the set is β. For W_(i)=Σ_(j=0)^(n−1)B_(j)×(β^(j)+a×b^(j)), for example, when ξ=1, C(1)=1,Ψ(1)=β=2^(¼)=1.1892, and E(1)=1, and when ξ=2, C(2)=0.17, Ψ(2)=0.62, andE(1)=¼, or C(2)=0.17, Ψ(2)=0.8909, and E(1)=1. The fourth reliabilitycomputation formula may be embodied as

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {0.17 \times 0.63^{\frac{1}{4}j}}} )}}},{{{or}\mspace{14mu} W_{i}} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times {( {\beta^{j} + {0.17 \times 0.8909^{j}}} ).}}}}$

The embodied formula is used to compute reliability of a polar channel.When N=1024, the first sequence is the following sequence, or whenN_(max)=1024, the second sequence may also be the following sequence,where polar channel sequence numbers start from 1:

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 8, 257, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 130, 20, 15, 73, 131,513, 22, 36, 133, 23, 81, 26, 38, 258, 137, 27, 39, 97, 259, 68, 42, 29,145, 43, 261, 70, 50, 71, 45, 16, 265, 74, 161, 51, 132, 514, 75, 53,515, 134, 24, 273, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83, 517, 57, 138, 28, 40, 289, 98,85, 260, 139, 521, 30, 146, 99, 44, 262, 141, 31, 89, 147, 529, 101,263, 72, 321, 46, 266, 162, 52, 149, 47, 105, 267, 76, 163, 545, 54,516, 274, 153, 269, 78, 165, 55, 113, 136, 385, 275, 194, 84, 518, 58,79, 195, 519, 290, 169, 59, 277, 577, 86, 140, 522, 291, 100, 197, 87,61, 523, 142, 32, 281, 90, 177, 148, 293, 530, 102, 264, 143, 322, 201,91, 525, 641, 531, 150, 103, 323, 48, 297, 106, 93, 268, 164, 151, 209,546, 533, 154, 107, 325, 270, 547, 166, 56, 305, 114, 386, 276, 155,537, 109, 271, 80, 329, 167, 225, 115, 549, 387, 196, 520, 769, 170, 60,278, 157, 578, 117, 292, 171, 389, 279, 579, 198, 88, 337, 553, 62, 524,282, 178, 199, 294, 173, 63, 581, 121, 144, 393, 283, 202, 92, 526, 179,561, 642, 295, 532, 104, 353, 324, 203, 527, 298, 285, 585, 94, 181,643, 152, 401, 210, 534, 299, 108, 326, 205, 95, 211, 548, 645, 535,306, 185, 593, 156, 327, 301, 538, 110, 272, 330, 168, 417, 307, 226,116, 213, 550, 388, 770, 649, 539, 158, 111, 331, 227, 551, 309, 609,118, 771, 172, 390, 280, 159, 580, 338, 217, 554, 541, 333, 657, 229,119, 391, 200, 449, 339, 555, 773, 174, 64, 582, 313, 122, 394, 284,180, 562, 296, 175, 583, 354, 233, 123, 341, 557, 395, 204, 528, 777,286, 586, 673, 563, 182, 644, 402, 355, 125, 300, 397, 287, 587, 206,96, 345, 183, 241, 565, 403, 212, 646, 536, 785, 186, 357, 594, 328,207, 302, 589, 647, 418, 308, 187, 405, 705, 595, 214, 569, 650, 303,540, 112, 361, 332, 419, 228, 215, 552, 801, 310, 189, 610, 597, 772,651, 160, 409, 218, 542, 334, 421, 658, 311, 611, 230, 120, 369, 392,450, 340, 219, 556, 774, 653, 543, 314, 601, 335, 659, 231, 613, 451,775, 176, 425, 584, 315, 833, 234, 124, 342, 221, 558, 396, 778, 674,564, 661, 356, 235, 453, 343, 559, 317, 617, 126, 779, 398, 288, 588,346, 675, 184, 433, 242, 566, 404, 786, 665, 358, 237, 127, 399, 208,457, 347, 781, 590, 243, 677, 567, 625, 648, 897, 787, 188, 406, 706,359, 596, 570, 304, 591, 362, 349, 245, 420, 407, 707, 216, 465, 802,681, 571, 789, 190, 598, 652, 410, 363, 803, 422, 312, 191, 612, 709,599, 370, 249, 573, 411, 220, 654, 544, 793, 365, 602, 689, 336, 423,660, 232, 481, 371, 805, 614, 452, 776, 655, 426, 316, 413, 834, 713,603, 222, 662, 615, 373, 427, 835, 236, 454, 344, 223, 560, 809, 318,618, 605, 780, 676, 663, 434, 721, 455, 429, 666, 319, 619, 837, 238,128, 377, 400, 458, 348, 782, 435, 244, 678, 568, 817, 626, 898, 788,667, 360, 239, 621, 459, 783, 592, 841, 350, 679, 437, 737, 627, 246,899, 408, 708, 466, 682, 572, 790, 669, 364, 461, 351, 247, 629, 467,804, 683, 901, 791, 192, 710, 441, 600, 849, 250, 574, 412, 794, 366,690, 424, 711, 482, 372, 251, 469, 806, 685, 575, 633, 656, 905, 795,414, 714, 367, 604, 691, 483, 807, 616, 865, 374, 253, 428, 415, 836,715, 224, 473, 810, 797, 606, 693, 664, 913, 485, 722, 375, 456, 811,430, 320, 620, 838, 717, 607, 378, 436, 723, 818, 697, 431, 668, 839,240, 489, 379, 813, 622, 460, 784, 842, 680, 929, 819, 438, 738, 628,725, 900, 670, 623, 381, 843, 462, 352, 439, 739, 248, 497, 821, 630,468, 684, 902, 792, 671, 442, 850, 729, 463, 845, 741, 631, 903, 712,443, 961, 851, 252, 470, 686, 576, 825, 634, 906, 796, 368, 692, 484,471, 808, 687, 445, 866, 745, 635, 853, 254, 907, 416, 716, 474, 798,694, 914, 867, 486, 376, 255, 637, 475, 812, 909, 799, 718, 608, 857,695, 753, 915, 487, 724, 698, 869, 432, 840, 719, 490, 380, 477, 814,930, 820, 699, 917, 726, 491, 815, 624, 873, 382, 844, 931, 440, 740,727, 498, 822, 701, 672, 921, 493, 730, 383, 464, 846, 499, 933, 823,742, 632, 881, 904, 444, 962, 852, 731, 826, 847, 743, 501, 963, 472,688, 937, 827, 446, 746, 636, 854, 733, 908, 447, 868, 747, 965, 855,256, 505, 829, 638, 476, 910, 800, 858, 696, 945, 754, 916, 488, 870,749, 639, 911, 720, 969, 859, 478, 755, 700, 918, 871, 492, 479, 816,874, 861, 757, 932, 919, 728, 977, 702, 922, 875, 494, 384, 500, 934,824, 703, 882, 761, 923, 495, 732, 877, 848, 935, 744, 993, 883, 502,964, 938, 828, 925, 734, 503, 885, 939, 448, 748, 966, 856, 735, 506,830, 946, 967, 507, 941, 831, 750, 640, 889, 912, 970, 860, 947, 756,872, 751, 509, 971, 480, 862, 949, 758, 920, 978, 876, 973, 863, 759,979, 704, 953, 762, 924, 496, 878, 936, 994, 884, 763, 981, 926, 879,995, 504, 886, 765, 940, 927, 736, 985, 997, 887, 968, 508, 942, 832,890, 948, 943, 752, 1001, 891, 510, 972, 950, 511, 893, 974, 864, 951,760, 1009, 980, 954, 975, 955, 764, 982, 880, 996, 983, 957, 766, 928,986, 998, 888, 767, 987, 999, 944, 1002, 892, 989, 1003, 512, 894, 952,1010, 1005, 895, 976, 1011, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 959, 768, 1017, 988,1000, 990, 1004, 991, 1006, 896, 1012, 1007, 1014, 1015, 960, 1018,1019, 1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024].

In a possible design, the first sequence or the second sequence may be apart or all of any one of a sequence (1) to a sequence (20) in thisspecification.

A smallest value of sequence numbers in any one of the sequence (1) tothe sequence (20) in this specification is 1, and the sequence numbersare arranged in descending order of the reliability of the N polarchannels.

In a possible design, if the sequence numbers of the N polar channels inthe first sequence are arranged in descending order of the reliabilityof the N polar channels, and a smallest value of the sequence numbers ofthe N polar channels is 0,1 is subtracted from each sequence number inany sequence to obtain a new sequence, where sequence performance is notaffected.

Similarly, in a possible design, if the sequence numbers of the N polarchannels in the first sequence are arranged in ascending order of thereliability of the N polar channels, sequence numbers in any sequencemay be arranged in reverse order to obtain a new sequence, wheresequence performance is not affected either.

In a possible design, the first sequence may alternatively berepresented by using normalized reliability sequences or equivalentreliability sequences of various channels. For example, a sortinglocation of a channel x in the foregoing sequence is n (where theleftmost location is denoted as 1). In this case, reliability of thechannel may be represented as n or normalized n/N, where N is a lengthof the sequence.

In a possible design, locations of fewer elements in the first sequencemay be exchanged. For example, a sequence number location may beadjusted by a specified magnitude, for example, the specified magnitudeis 5. A location of an element whose sequence number is 10 may beadjusted by left and right five locations.

According to a second aspect, a polar code encoding apparatus isprovided. The apparatus has functions of implementing the methodaccording to the first aspect and any possible design of the firstaspect. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may beimplemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardwareor software includes one or more modules corresponding to the foregoingfunction.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby using hardware, the polar code encoding apparatus includes: an inputinterface circuit, configured to obtain to-be-encoded bits, a logicalcircuit, configured to perform behavior according to the first aspectand any possible design of the first aspect, and an output interfacecircuit, configured to output an encoded bit sequence.

Optionally, the polar code encoding apparatus may be a chip or anintegrated circuit.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby using software, the polar code encoding apparatus includes: a memory,configured to store a program, and a processor, configured to executethe program stored in the memory, where when the program is executed,the polar code encoding apparatus may implement the method according tothe first aspect and any possible design of the first aspect.

Optionally, the memory may be a physically independent unit, or may beintegrated with the processor.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby using software, the polar code encoding apparatus includes aprocessor. A memory configured to store a program is located outside ofthe encoding apparatus, and the processor is connected to the memory byusing a circuit/cable, and is configured to read and execute the programstored in the memory.

According to a third aspect, a communications system is provided. Thecommunications system includes a transmit end and a receive end. Thetransmit end may perform the method according to the first aspect andany possible design of the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided,where the computer storage medium stores a computer program. Thecomputer program includes an instruction used to perform the methodaccording to the first aspect and any possible design of the firstaspect.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa computer program product including an instruction. When the computerprogram product is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to performthe method according to the foregoing aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic architectural diagram of a communications systemto which an embodiment of this application is applied;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a polar code encoding methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a first schematic structural diagram of a polar code encodingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic structural diagram of a polar code encodingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5 is a third schematic structural diagram of a polar code encodingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 6 is a fourth schematic structural diagram of a polar code encodingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

The following describes in detail the embodiments of this applicationwith reference to accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of this application provide a polar code encoding methodand apparatus. Reliability of a polar channel is determined based on areliability computation formula, to obtain reliability sorting, sequencenumbers for information bits are selected based on the reliabilitysorting, and polar code encoding is performed based on the selectedsequence numbers for the information bits. The reliability computationformula includes a changeable transform kernel (which may be brieflyreferred to as a kernel). The transform kernel is used to convert asignal from a polar channel sequence number domain to a weight domain ofreliability. In the embodiments of this application, because thereliability computation formula including the changeable transformkernel is used, a good identification capability can be realized in boththe polar channel sequence number domain and the weight domain ofreliability, thereby improving accuracy of reliability sorting of thepolar channels, and improving encoding/decoding performance of a polarcode.

For convenience of understanding the embodiments of this application, apolar code is briefly described below.

According to an encoding policy of the polar code, a noiseless channelis used to transmit information useful to a user, while a pure noisychannel is used to transmit agreed information or is not used totransmit information. The polar code is also a linear block code. Anencoding matrix of the polar code is G_(N). An encoding process is x_(i)^(N)=u_(i) ^(N)G_(N)·u₁ ^(N)=(u₁, u₂, . . . , u_(N)) is a binary rowvector, and has a length of N (namely, a code length). G_(N) is an N×Nmatrix, and G_(N)=F₂ ^(⊗(log) ² ^((n))), F₂ ^(⊗(log) ² ^((N))) isdefined as a Kronecker product of log₂ N matrices F₂. The foregoingmatrix

$F_{2} = {\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 \\1 & 1\end{bmatrix}.}$

In the encoding process of the polar code, some bits in u_(l) ^(N) areused to carry information and are referred to as information bits, and aset of indexes of these bits is denoted as A. The other bits are set tofixed values that are agreed on by a receive end and a transmit end inadvance and are referred to as fixed bits or frozen bits, and a set ofindexes of these bits is denoted as A^(c) that is a complementary set ofA. The encoding process of the polar code is equivalent to: x_(l)^(N)=u_(A)G_(N). (A)⊕u_(A) _(c) G_(N).(A^(c)). Herein, G_(N)(A) is asubmatrix obtained based on rows corresponding to the indexes in the setA in G_(N), and G_(N)(A^(c)) is a submatrix obtained based on rowscorresponding to the indexes in the set A^(c) in G_(N). u_(A) is aninformation bit set in u_(l) ^(N), and a quantity of information bits isK. u_(A) ^(c) is a fixed bit set in u_(l) ^(N), a quantity of fixed bitsis (N−K), and the fixed bits are known bits. These fixed bits areusually set to o. However, the fixed bits may be set to any valueprovided that the value is agreed on by the receive end and the transmitend in advance. In this way, encoded output of the polar code may besimplified as x_(l) ^(N)=u_(A)G_(N)(A). Herein, u_(A) is the informationbit set in u_(l) ^(N), and u_(A) is a row vector having a length of K.In other words, |A|=K, where |·| represents a quantity of elements in aset, K is a size of an information block, G_(N)(A) is the submatrixobtained based on the rows corresponding to the indexes in the set A inthe matrix G_(N), and G_(N)(A) is a K×N matrix.

A construction process of the polar code is a process of selecting theset A. This determines performance of the polar code. The constructionprocess of the polar code usually includes: determining, based on a codelength N of a mother code, that there are N polar channels in total thatrespectively correspond to N rows of the encoding matrix, computingreliability of the polar channels, and using indexes of first K polarchannels having higher reliability as elements in the set A, and usingindexes corresponding to the remaining (N−K) polar channels as elementsin the set A^(c) of the indexes of the fixed bits. A location of theinformation bit depends on the set A, and a location of the fixed bitdepends on the set A^(c).

The solutions provided in the embodiments of this application relate tohow to determine reliability of a polar channel. A basic inventiveconcept of the embodiments of this application is: The reliability ofthe polar channel may be indicated by using reliability. From aperspective of signal spectrum analysis, approximation of existingreliability to the reliability of the polar channel may be understood asdomain transform of a signal. Similar to Fourier transform in which ane^(jw) kernel is used to implement conversion of a signal between a timedomain and a frequency domain, in the method, a β kernel is used toconvert a signal from a channel sequence number domain to a weightdomain of reliability. In a time-frequency signal analysis field, mostcommonly, Fourier transform and wavelet transform are included. TheFourier transform is restricted to a form of an kernel of atrigonometric function. Therefore, in a time-frequency signal analysisprocess based on the Fourier transform, a time-domain identificationcapability and a frequency-domain identification capability cannot berealized simultaneously. During the wavelet transform, a wavelettransform kernel is used and there are versatile function forms.Therefore, a transient change of a signal in time domain can be capturedduring domain transform, and a good identification capability can berealized in both time domain and frequency domain. In the embodiments ofthis application, reliability of a polar channel is estimated by using achangeable transform kernel, thereby improving precision of sequencereliability estimation.

As shown in FIG. 1, a communications system 100 to which an embodimentof this application is applied includes a transmit end 101 and a receiveend 102. The transmit end 101 may also be referred to as an encoder, andthe receive end 102 may also be referred to as a decoder. The transmitend 101 may be a base station, and the receive end 102 is a terminal.Alternatively, the transmit end 101 is a terminal, and the receive end102 is a base station. The base station is an apparatus deployed in aradio access network and configured to provide a wireless communicationfunction for the terminal. The base station may include macro basestations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and thelike in various forms, and may be applied to systems of different radioaccess technologies, for example, to more possible communicationssystems such as a long term evolution (LTE) system or a fifth generation(5G) communications system. The base station may further be anothernetwork device having a base station function, and particularly, mayfurther be a terminal that serves as the base station function in D2Dcommunication. The terminal may include various handheld devices,in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, or computing devices having awireless communications function, or another processing device connectedto a wireless modem, and various forms of user equipments (UE), mobilestations (MS), and the like.

Based on the architecture of the communications system shown in FIG. 1,in the embodiments of this application, the polar code encoding methodmay be performed by the transmit end 101. The following describes indetail the polar code encoding method provided in the embodiments ofthis application.

Based on the architecture of the communications system shown in FIG. 1,as shown in FIG. 2, a specific procedure of a polar code encoding methodprovided in an embodiment of this application is as follows:

Step 201. Obtain a first sequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits.

The first sequence includes sequence numbers of N polar channels, andthe sequence numbers of the N polar channels are arranged in the firstsequence based on reliability of the N polar channels, K is a positiveinteger, N is a mother code length of a polar code, and N is a positiveinteger power of 2.

Step 202. Select sequence numbers of K polar channels from the firstsequence in descending order of the reliability.

Step 203. Place the to-be-encoded bits based on the selected sequencenumbers of the K polar channels, and perform polar code encoding on theto-be-encoded bits.

The K to-be-encoded bits are mapped onto the K polar channels in the Npolar channels, where reliability of the K polar channels is higher thanreliability of remaining (NK) polar channels.

Optionally, the first sequence is a second sequence or a subset of asecond sequence, the second sequence includes sequence numbers ofN_(max) polar channels, and the sequence numbers of the N_(max) polarchannels are arranged in the second sequence based on reliability of theN_(max) polar channels, where N_(max) is a positive integer power of 2,and N_(max)≥N. A manner of computing the reliability of the N_(max)polar channels is similar to a manner of computing the reliability ofthe N polar channels.

Optionally, based on a target code length, rate matching is performed onthe sequence obtained after the polar code encoding.

In the encoding method provided in this embodiment, after the inputinformation bits are received, the quantity K of the to-be-encoded bitsis determined based on the target code length N of the polar code.Regardless of an online computation manner or a manner ofpre-computation plus storage, if the second sequence is known, the firstsequence may be obtained from the second sequence. The second sequenceincludes reliability sorting of the N_(max) polar channels that are amaximum code length supported by the communications system. Optionally,the first sequence may be obtained from the prestored second sequence.Then, the information bits are determined based on the first sequence.Finally, polar encoding is performed on the K to-be-encoded bits, toobtain the bit sequence obtained after the polar encoding. In this way,locations of the information bits and fixed bits are determined byobtaining reliability of a polar channel of a polar code through asemi-online computation and semi-offline storage manner.

The following specifically describes how to determine reliability of ani^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels. The sequence numbers ofthe N polar channels may be 0 to N−1, or may be 1 to N. In thisembodiment of this application, when the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel in the N polar channels is determined, a value of i may be 1, 2,. . . , or N, or may be 0, 1 . . . , or N−1.

The reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels isrepresented by W_(i), and reliability computation formulas may includebut are not limited to the following several formulas. It may beunderstood that, the formulas used in this embodiment of thisapplication are merely examples. A solution obtained by person skilledin the art by simply transforming the formulas without affectingperformance of the formulas shall fall within the protection scope ofthis embodiment of this application.

In the following formulas, without loss of generality, 1≤i≤N, W_(i) isthe reliability of the i^(th) polar channel, n=Log₂N, i meetsi−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀, where B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is abinary representation of i−1, and B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit inthe binary representation of the channel sequence number i, whereB_(j)∈{0,1}. Such a value taking method depends on that an n-bit binarynumber can represent only a value from 0 to N−1, and therefore 1 needsto be subtracted from the sequence numbers of the polar channels.Certainly, a value range of the polar channel sequence number i may alsobe selected as 0≤i≤N−1. In this case, i=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀, thatis, B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1. Otherattributes and a sequence between various polar channels remainunchanged. Therefore, in this application, 1≤i≤N is still used as anexample for description.

Computation manner 1:

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C( {\xi,j} )}{\Psi ( {\xi,j} )}^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} )}}} & (1)\end{matrix}$

In the formula (1), Ψ(ξ, j) is used as a transform kernel, and isbriefly referred to as a Ψ kernel. It may alternatively be consideredthat Ψ(ξ, j) is a kernel function, where the kernel function may also bereferred to as a basis function, and a specific form of Ψ(ξ, j) is afunction of orders (which may also be referred to as order terms) ξ andj. Ξ is a set of orders constituting the formula (1), where elementsincluded in the set may be natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,or irrational numbers. C(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, is acoefficient for a ξ-th-order Ψ kernel, and represents a weight value ofthe order term, to be specific, magnitude of contribution of this orderof Ψ kernel to final reliability. E(ξ) is a function of ξ, andrepresents a frequency at which this order of Ψ kernel varies with j.Ψ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, and determines a specificrepresentation form of the kernel function or the basis function.

For example, Ψ(ξ)=a^(ξ)+b, where a and b are parameter constants forcontrolling a kernel form,

${{E(\xi)} = \frac{d}{f^{\xi} + g}},$

where d, f, and g are parameter constants for controlling a frequency,and C(ξ)=c^(ξ).

When a=−0.22, b=1.2, c=0.26, d=1, f=0, g=1, and Ξ={0, 1}, the formula(1) may be embodied as a formula (2):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {1.2^{j} + {0.26 \times (0.98)^{j}}} )}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

It should be noted that, in this example, Ψ, E, and C each include anexponential function relationship with ξ. In practice, mathematicalfunction relationships between Ψ and ξ, E and ξ, and C and ξ are notlimited thereto. Details are not described herein due to diversity ofmathematical function forms.

Computation manner 2:

The set Ξ is a single-element set, to be specific, Ξ=1 or SizeΞ=1. Inthis case, the formula (1) may be embodied as a formula (3):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {C \times {\Psi (j)}^{E \times j}} )}}} & (3)\end{matrix}$

C and E may be constants. In this case, the formula (3) may further beembodied as a formula (4):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times {\Psi (j)}^{j}}}} & (4)\end{matrix}$

In the formula (4), a change in a kernel function with binary bits of asequence number of a polar channel is emphasized.

For meanings of symbols in the formula (3) and the formula (4), refer todescriptions in the formula (1), and details are not described hereinagain.

Computation manner 3:

The reliability may be represented by using a polarization weight, and aconventional reliability computation manner may be determined by using apolarization weight computation formula. For example, a polarizationweight computation formula is

${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times \beta^{j}}}},$

where β is a transform kernel, and is a constant greater than 1, forexample, β=2^(¼) (where the definition and example are also applicableto the following other computation manners, and therefore are notdescribed herein). In the computation manner 3, the transform kerneluses a β kernel form in a conventional reliability computation manner.The changeable transform kernel is constructed by using different ordersof β. A specific computation formula is as a formula (5):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} )}}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

where C(ξ) is a function of ξ, is a coefficient for a ξ^(th)-order βkernel, and represents a weight value of the order term, to be specific,magnitude of contribution of this order of β kernel to finalreliability, and E(ξ) is a function of ξ, determines a specific form ofeach order of β kernel, and represents a frequency at which this orderof β kernel varies with j. Others are description symbols and have samemeanings as same symbols in the formula (1), and repeated parts are notdescribed again.

Computation manner 4:

In the formula (5), if the function

${{E(\xi)} = \frac{1}{4\xi}},$

a conventional reliability computation manner includes only azeroth-order β kernel, for example,

$\beta^{\frac{1}{4^{0}}} = {2^{1\text{/}4}.}$

When a single lower-order kernel is used, the conventional reliabilitycomputation manner has a limited identification capability ofreliability change during domain transform. Therefore, a higher-orderkernel may be introduced to improve reliability estimation precision.

A representation method for introducing the higher-order kernel is shownin a formula (6):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{\frac{1}{4\xi}j}}} )}}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

For meanings of symbols in this formula, refer to explanations in theformula (5), and details are not described herein again.

For example, when Ξ={0,1} includes a zeroth-order term and a first-orderterm, and a coefficient is defined as

${{C(\xi)} = \frac{1}{4\xi}},$

the formula (6) is embodied as a formula (7):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {\frac{1}{4}\beta^{\frac{1}{4}j}}} )}}} & (7)\end{matrix}$

For another example, when Ξ={0,1,2} includes a zeroth-order term, afirst-order term, and a second-order term, and a coefficient is alsodefined as

${{C(\xi)} = \frac{1}{4\xi}},$

the formula (6) may be embodied as a formula (8):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {\frac{1}{4}\beta^{\frac{1}{4}j}} + {\frac{1}{16}\beta^{\frac{1}{16}j}}} )}}} & (8)\end{matrix}$

Computation manner 5:

In the formula (1), some Ψ kernels are β kernels. Specific descriptionsare shown in a formula (9):

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {{\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{1}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{2}}}{{C(\xi)}B^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} + {\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{2}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{1}}}{{C(\xi)}{\Psi ( {\xi,j} )}^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}}} )}}} & (9)\end{matrix}$

Ξ₁ and Ξ₂ include orders constituting the formula (9). For a set inwhich ξ only n belongs to Ξ₁, a kernel function of the set is β. ForW_(i)=Σ_(j=0) ^(n−1)B_(j)×(β^(j)+a×b^(j)), for example, when ξ=1,C(1)=1, Ψ(1)=β=2^(¼)=1.1892, E(1)=1, and when ξ=2, C(2)=0.17, Ψ(2)=0.63,E(1)=¼, or E(1)=¼, Ψ(2)=0.8909, E(1)=1.

That is,

$\begin{matrix}{{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {0.17 \times 0.63^{\frac{1}{4}j}}} )}}},{or}} & (10) \\{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times {( {\beta^{j} + {0.17 \times 0.8909^{j}}} ).}}}} & (11)\end{matrix}$

Computation manner 6:

$\begin{matrix}{W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; ( {{B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {a \times b^{j}}} )} + {( {\underset{k \in K}{\Pi}B_{k}} ) \times B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {c \times d^{j}}} )}} )}} & (12)\end{matrix}$

where β is a positive constant, and without loss of generality, letβ=2^(¼), K is a set including binary representation bits of a channelsequence number, to be specific, elements include 0 to n−1, K is asubset of a set {0, 1, . . . , n−1}, and a size of the set is0≤Size(K)≤n−1, if m exists in the set K, sorting of channel sequencenumbers from 0 to 2^(m)−1 is inconsistent with sorting of channelsequence numbers from 2^(m) to 2^(m+1)−1 in the sequence, and theelements in the set K changes symmetry characteristics of the sequence,and a and c are respectively weights of kernel functions b and d.

The reliability of the i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels maybe determined by using any one of the foregoing formula (1) to formula(12), to obtain reliability of each polar channel in the N polarchannels. A sequence with reliability sorted may be determined indescending order of the reliability, and the sequence may be applied toa polar code encoding process.

This embodiment of this application provides some optional examples ofthe sequence as follows. In the polar encoding process, the sequence maybe obtained by using the foregoing formulas. Alternatively, an obtainedsequence may be prestored, and the stored sequence is applied. Forexample, the sequence may be obtained by looking up a table. A sequenceconstruction design in this application may be unrelated to a channelparameter, and therefore is convenient for offline storage. Using thefollowing sequences can help improve encoding/decoding performance of apolar code. The following sequences may be computed by using theformulas in this embodiment of this application, or may be obtained byusing another possible method. This is not limited in this embodiment ofthis application.

If N=1024:

a sequence obtained by using the formula (2) is a sequence (1) (wheresequence numbers start from 1, and in the following provided sequenceexamples, sequence numbers all start from 1, and details are notdescribed again):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 4, 33, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 129, 34, 21,35, 25, 8, 37, 66, 257, 67, 12, 41, 69, 14, 20, 49, 130, 15, 73, 22,131, 513, 36, 23, 133, 81, 26, 38, 27, 258, 137, 39, 68, 97, 42, 259,29, 145, 43, 70, 261, 50, 71, 16, 45, 74, 51, 265, 132, 161, 514, 75,24, 53, 134, 82, 515, 273, 77, 135, 83, 28, 57, 193, 138, 517, 40, 98,85, 260, 30, 139, 289, 521, 146, 99, 44, 31, 262, 141, 89, 147, 72, 101,46, 263, 529, 321, 52, 266, 162, 149, 47, 76, 105, 267, 54, 163, 516,274, 153, 545, 78, 55, 269, 136, 165, 84, 113, 58, 194, 275, 518, 385,79, 59, 86, 195, 140, 290, 169, 519, 277, 577, 522, 100, 87, 32, 291,61, 197, 142, 90, 523, 281, 148, 177, 102, 264, 143, 293, 530, 91, 322,201, 525, 150, 103, 48, 531, 106, 641, 323, 93, 268, 297, 164, 151, 209,154, 546, 107, 533, 325, 56, 270, 166, 114, 276, 155, 547, 305, 386, 80,109, 271, 537, 167, 115, 329, 60, 196, 225, 170, 520, 278, 387, 157,549, 578, 769, 88, 117, 292, 62, 171, 198, 279, 389, 579, 337, 524, 282,553, 178, 63, 199, 144, 294, 173, 92, 121, 202, 283, 581, 526, 179, 393,104, 295, 532, 561, 642, 324, 94, 203, 353, 298, 527, 285, 152, 181,585, 210, 108, 534, 643, 401, 95, 299, 326, 205, 211, 156, 548, 306,185, 535, 110, 645, 327, 272, 593, 301, 538, 168, 116, 330, 226, 307,213, 388, 158, 550, 417, 111, 539, 770, 649, 331, 118, 227, 172, 280,159, 551, 309, 390, 580, 338, 217, 609, 554, 771, 541, 119, 333, 64,200, 229, 174, 391, 122, 657, 339, 284, 555, 313, 582, 449, 180, 394,773, 296, 175, 562, 123, 204, 354, 233, 583, 341, 528, 286, 395, 557,182, 586, 563, 777, 644, 402, 96, 673, 355, 125, 300, 206, 287, 183,397, 587, 345, 212, 241, 186, 536, 403, 565, 646, 328, 207, 357, 594,302, 785, 589, 308, 187, 214, 418, 112, 647, 405, 595, 303, 540, 569,705, 650, 332, 361, 228, 215, 160, 552, 310, 419, 189, 218, 610, 597,772, 542, 651, 409, 801, 120, 334, 230, 311, 392, 421, 658, 340, 219,611, 369, 556, 314, 450, 543, 774, 653, 335, 601, 231, 176, 124, 659,234, 315, 584, 342, 451, 221, 613, 396, 558, 425, 775, 833, 564, 778,674, 356, 126, 235, 661, 343, 288, 559, 317, 453, 184, 398, 588, 346,617, 242, 779, 404, 566, 675, 433, 127, 208, 358, 237, 399, 786, 665,347, 590, 243, 457, 188, 567, 781, 648, 406, 677, 359, 596, 304, 625,570, 706, 787, 362, 897, 591, 349, 216, 245, 420, 190, 407, 571, 598,707, 465, 652, 410, 802, 681, 363, 789, 312, 191, 422, 220, 612, 370,249, 599, 544, 411, 803, 573, 709, 654, 336, 365, 602, 232, 793, 423,660, 689, 371, 316, 452, 222, 614, 481, 426, 776, 655, 413, 805, 603,834, 713, 236, 662, 344, 223, 615, 373, 560, 318, 427, 454, 618, 835,605, 780, 809, 676, 434, 128, 663, 238, 319, 455, 400, 721, 429, 666,348, 619, 377, 244, 458, 837, 568, 782, 435, 678, 360, 239, 626, 788,667, 817, 898, 592, 350, 459, 621, 246, 783, 408, 679, 437, 627, 841,572, 708, 466, 737, 682, 364, 790, 899, 669, 351, 247, 461, 192, 250,600, 467, 629, 412, 804, 574, 683, 441, 710, 791, 366, 901, 849, 794,424, 690, 372, 251, 482, 575, 711, 469, 656, 414, 806, 685, 367, 604,633, 714, 795, 691, 905, 224, 616, 374, 483, 253, 428, 415, 807, 836,606, 715, 473, 865, 810, 797, 664, 693, 375, 320, 456, 485, 722, 430,620, 378, 913, 607, 811, 838, 717, 436, 240, 723, 431, 668, 818, 697,379, 460, 622, 489, 839, 784, 813, 680, 438, 628, 842, 738, 819, 725,900, 670, 352, 929, 623, 381, 248, 462, 439, 843, 468, 630, 739, 497,684, 442, 792, 671, 821, 902, 463, 850, 729, 252, 631, 845, 576, 443,712, 470, 741, 686, 368, 903, 634, 851, 796, 825, 961, 692, 906, 484,254, 471, 416, 808, 687, 445, 635, 716, 474, 866, 745, 853, 798, 907,694, 376, 255, 486, 914, 608, 475, 867, 637, 812, 718, 799, 695, 909,857, 487, 724, 432, 753, 698, 380, 915, 490, 840, 719, 477, 869, 814,820, 699, 726, 930, 624, 382, 491, 917, 815, 440, 844, 873, 740, 498,727, 672, 822, 931, 701, 383, 464, 493, 730, 921, 632, 846, 499, 444,742, 823, 904, 933, 852, 731, 881, 826, 962, 847, 472, 743, 501, 688,446, 636, 746, 827, 854, 963, 733, 908, 937, 256, 447, 476, 868, 638,747, 505, 855, 800, 829, 965, 696, 910, 858, 488, 754, 916, 945, 639,720, 478, 870, 749, 911, 859, 755, 969, 700, 492, 918, 479, 871, 816,874, 861, 728, 757, 932, 702, 384, 919, 494, 977, 922, 875, 500, 824,703, 934, 495, 732, 882, 761, 923, 848, 877, 744, 502, 935, 883, 828,964, 734, 993, 938, 925, 503, 448, 748, 506, 856, 735, 885, 830, 939,966, 946, 640, 507, 750, 831, 967, 912, 941, 860, 889, 756, 970, 947,480, 872, 751, 509, 862, 971, 758, 920, 949, 978, 876, 863, 759, 973,704, 496, 762, 979, 924, 953, 878, 936, 884, 763, 994, 981, 926, 879,504, 736, 886, 995, 765, 940, 927, 985, 508, 887, 832, 968, 997, 942,890, 948, 752, 510, 943, 891, 972, 1001, 950, 511, 864, 893, 760, 974,951, 980, 1009, 954, 975, 764, 955, 982, 880, 996, 766, 983, 928, 957,986, 888, 767, 998, 987, 999, 944, 892, 1002, 989, 512, 894, 1003, 952,1010, 895, 976, 1005, 1011, 956, 984, 1013, 958, 768, 959, 988, 1017,1000, 990, 1004, 991, 896, 1006, 1012, 1007, 1014, 1015, 960, 1018,1019, 992, 1021, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (7) is a sequence (2):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 130, 49, 20, 15, 73, 513,131, 22, 133, 36, 23, 81, 26, 258, 38, 137, 27, 259, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29,145, 261, 70, 43, 50, 71, 265, 45, 16, 74, 514, 161, 132, 51, 75, 515,134, 273, 53, 24, 82, 77, 517, 135, 193, 83, 138, 57, 28, 289, 260, 40,98, 521, 139, 85, 30, 146, 262, 99, 141, 44, 31, 89, 529, 147, 263, 321,101, 72, 266, 46, 162, 149, 52, 267, 47, 105, 545, 76, 516, 163, 274,54, 153, 269, 385, 78, 518, 165, 136, 275, 194, 55, 113, 84, 58, 79,519, 577, 290, 195, 277, 522, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291, 197, 100, 523, 87,142, 281, 61, 32, 90, 530, 177, 148, 293, 264, 322, 102, 525, 143, 201,641, 91, 531, 150, 323, 103, 297, 268, 48, 106, 546, 164, 93, 533, 151,209, 325, 154, 270, 107, 547, 386, 166, 305, 276, 56, 114, 537, 155,271, 329, 769, 109, 549, 387, 80, 520, 167, 578, 225, 196, 278, 115,170, 157, 60, 579, 389, 292, 553, 279, 198, 524, 337, 171, 117, 88, 282,62, 178, 581, 294, 199, 393, 526, 173, 144, 283, 202, 642, 63, 121, 561,92, 532, 179, 295, 353, 324, 104, 527, 585, 298, 203, 643, 285, 401, 94,534, 181, 152, 210, 326, 299, 205, 108, 645, 548, 95, 535, 593, 306,211, 538, 327, 185, 156, 301, 272, 330, 770, 417, 110, 550, 388, 168,307, 226, 649, 213, 116, 539, 158, 331, 771, 111, 551, 609, 580, 390,227, 309, 554, 280, 338, 172, 118, 541, 159, 217, 657, 333, 773, 391,449, 582, 229, 555, 200, 339, 394, 119, 174, 313, 284, 64, 122, 562,180, 583, 296, 354, 777, 557, 395, 528, 341, 175, 586, 233, 673, 204,644, 286, 123, 563, 402, 182, 355, 587, 397, 300, 287, 206, 646, 345,785, 125, 565, 403, 96, 536, 183, 594, 241, 212, 357, 328, 186, 589,302, 207, 647, 705, 418, 595, 405, 308, 650, 569, 214, 540, 187, 303,361, 801, 332, 772, 419, 112, 552, 610, 228, 651, 597, 310, 215, 409,542, 189, 160, 218, 658, 334, 774, 611, 421, 392, 450, 311, 230, 653,556, 369, 340, 120, 543, 601, 314, 219, 659, 335, 775, 833, 613, 451,584, 231, 778, 425, 558, 396, 342, 176, 315, 234, 674, 221, 124, 661,564, 453, 356, 779, 559, 617, 343, 588, 398, 235, 675, 317, 288, 346,786, 433, 126, 566, 404, 184, 242, 665, 358, 781, 399, 457, 897, 590,237, 677, 208, 648, 347, 787, 706, 127, 567, 625, 596, 406, 243, 570,359, 188, 591, 304, 362, 802, 707, 420, 349, 789, 681, 407, 652, 465,598, 245, 571, 216, 410, 190, 363, 803, 709, 612, 422, 599, 312, 654,370, 793, 573, 411, 544, 191, 602, 249, 689, 220, 660, 365, 805, 336,776, 423, 834, 481, 614, 452, 232, 655, 371, 713, 426, 603, 413, 316,222, 662, 835, 615, 809, 454, 780, 427, 560, 373, 618, 344, 236, 676,605, 318, 223, 663, 721, 434, 837, 666, 455, 782, 619, 429, 400, 458,898, 319, 238, 678, 377, 817, 348, 788, 435, 128, 568, 626, 244, 667,360, 783, 841, 621, 459, 899, 592, 239, 679, 737, 708, 350, 790, 627,437, 682, 408, 466, 246, 669, 572, 461, 364, 901, 804, 351, 791, 710,849, 683, 629, 467, 600, 247, 794, 441, 574, 412, 192, 250, 690, 366,806, 711, 424, 482, 905, 685, 656, 469, 372, 795, 714, 575, 633, 604,414, 251, 691, 367, 807, 865, 836, 483, 616, 810, 715, 428, 374, 797,415, 473, 913, 606, 253, 693, 224, 664, 722, 838, 485, 811, 456, 375,717, 620, 430, 607, 320, 378, 818, 723, 436, 839, 697, 668, 813, 784,431, 842, 489, 929, 622, 460, 900, 240, 680, 379, 819, 738, 725, 628,438, 670, 843, 623, 462, 902, 739, 381, 821, 352, 792, 439, 850, 684,497, 630, 468, 248, 671, 729, 442, 845, 463, 903, 961, 741, 712, 851,906, 631, 686, 825, 470, 796, 443, 576, 634, 252, 692, 368, 808, 866,484, 907, 853, 687, 745, 471, 716, 798, 635, 445, 416, 474, 914, 254,694, 867, 486, 909, 812, 376, 799, 718, 857, 637, 475, 915, 608, 255,695, 753, 724, 869, 840, 698, 487, 814, 719, 432, 490, 930, 477, 380,917, 820, 726, 699, 815, 873, 844, 491, 931, 624, 740, 382, 822, 727,440, 498, 921, 701, 672, 730, 846, 493, 933, 464, 904, 962, 383, 823,742, 881, 852, 499, 632, 826, 731, 444, 847, 963, 743, 937, 908, 854,688, 501, 827, 746, 472, 733, 636, 446, 965, 868, 855, 910, 747, 829,800, 447, 858, 505, 945, 638, 476, 916, 256, 696, 754, 870, 488, 911,969, 749, 720, 859, 639, 478, 918, 755, 871, 700, 816, 874, 492, 932,861, 479, 919, 977, 757, 728, 922, 702, 875, 494, 934, 384, 824, 882,500, 923, 703, 761, 732, 877, 848, 495, 935, 993, 964, 744, 883, 938,502, 925, 828, 734, 966, 939, 885, 856, 503, 748, 830, 735, 448, 506,946, 967, 941, 912, 970, 831, 750, 889, 860, 507, 947, 640, 756, 872,971, 751, 862, 509, 949, 480, 920, 978, 758, 973, 876, 863, 979, 759,953, 924, 704, 762, 878, 496, 936, 994, 981, 884, 926, 763, 879, 995,940, 886, 504, 927, 985, 765, 736, 997, 968, 887, 942, 832, 890, 508,948, 943, 1001, 972, 752, 891, 510, 950, 974, 893, 864, 511, 951, 1009,980, 760, 954, 975, 982, 955, 764, 880, 996, 983, 957, 928, 986, 766,998, 888, 987, 767, 999, 944, 1002, 989, 892, 1003, 894, 512, 952, 1010,1005, 976, 895, 1011, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 959, 1017, 988, 768, 1000,990, 1004, 991, 1006, 896, 1012, 1007, 1014, 1015, 960, 1018, 1019,1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (8) is a sequence (3):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 65, 7, 10, 11, 18, 129, 13, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 66, 8, 67, 41, 12, 69, 130, 14, 49, 20, 513, 73, 131,15, 22, 133, 36, 81, 23, 26, 258, 137, 38, 27, 259, 97, 39, 68, 42, 145,29, 261, 70, 43, 50, 265, 71, 514, 161, 45, 74, 132, 16, 51, 515, 75,273, 134, 53, 82, 24, 517, 193, 77, 135, 83, 138, 57, 289, 28, 521, 260,98, 139, 40, 85, 146, 30, 262, 99, 141, 529, 44, 89, 321, 147, 31, 263,101, 266, 72, 162, 46, 149, 52, 545, 267, 105, 516, 163, 47, 76, 274,153, 54, 385, 269, 518, 165, 275, 194, 78, 113, 136, 55, 84, 577, 519,58, 290, 195, 79, 277, 522, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291, 523, 197, 100, 281,87, 142, 530, 177, 61, 90, 293, 322, 148, 641, 32, 525, 264, 201, 102,143, 531, 91, 323, 150, 297, 103, 546, 268, 533, 106, 164, 209, 48, 93,325, 151, 547, 154, 386, 270, 107, 305, 166, 537, 276, 769, 114, 329,155, 56, 549, 387, 271, 578, 225, 109, 520, 167, 196, 80, 278, 115, 170,157, 579, 389, 60, 553, 292, 337, 279, 524, 198, 171, 117, 282, 88, 581,178, 62, 393, 294, 199, 642, 526, 173, 561, 283, 202, 121, 144, 532,353, 179, 63, 92, 295, 585, 324, 643, 527, 298, 203, 104, 401, 285, 534,181, 210, 94, 326, 152, 645, 299, 205, 548, 593, 535, 108, 306, 211, 95,538, 327, 185, 770, 417, 301, 330, 156, 649, 550, 388, 272, 307, 226,110, 168, 539, 213, 771, 116, 609, 331, 551, 158, 580, 390, 227, 111,309, 554, 338, 657, 541, 280, 773, 172, 217, 118, 449, 333, 159, 391,582, 555, 229, 339, 394, 200, 313, 119, 174, 562, 284, 777, 583, 122,354, 180, 673, 64, 557, 395, 296, 341, 586, 233, 644, 528, 175, 563,204, 402, 286, 123, 355, 182, 587, 397, 785, 646, 300, 345, 565, 403,287, 206, 594, 241, 125, 536, 357, 183, 212, 705, 96, 589, 328, 647,186, 418, 302, 207, 595, 405, 650, 569, 308, 801, 540, 214, 361, 187,772, 419, 303, 610, 332, 651, 552, 597, 228, 112, 409, 310, 215, 658,542, 189, 774, 611, 218, 421, 450, 334, 160, 653, 369, 392, 311, 556,230, 601, 340, 833, 659, 543, 775, 314, 219, 120, 613, 451, 335, 778,425, 584, 231, 674, 558, 396, 342, 661, 315, 234, 176, 221, 564, 779,453, 124, 617, 356, 675, 559, 343, 588, 398, 235, 786, 433, 317, 346,665, 566, 404, 897, 288, 781, 242, 126, 457, 358, 184, 677, 399, 787,706, 590, 237, 625, 648, 347, 567, 208, 596, 406, 243, 127, 570, 359,802, 707, 591, 789, 362, 188, 681, 420, 465, 304, 349, 407, 652, 598,571, 245, 803, 410, 216, 709, 363, 190, 612, 422, 793, 599, 654, 370,689, 573, 411, 312, 602, 805, 249, 834, 660, 544, 481, 365, 191, 776,220, 423, 713, 614, 452, 336, 655, 371, 426, 232, 603, 413, 835, 662,316, 809, 615, 222, 780, 454, 427, 373, 618, 676, 721, 560, 605, 344,837, 663, 236, 434, 318, 223, 666, 455, 898, 782, 619, 429, 817, 458,678, 377, 400, 788, 435, 319, 238, 626, 348, 841, 667, 568, 899, 783,244, 737, 128, 621, 459, 360, 679, 708, 592, 239, 790, 627, 437, 682,466, 350, 669, 408, 901, 572, 246, 461, 804, 849, 791, 710, 364, 683,629, 467, 351, 794, 441, 600, 247, 690, 574, 412, 905, 806, 711, 250,482, 366, 192, 685, 424, 795, 469, 714, 633, 656, 372, 865, 691, 575,604, 807, 414, 251, 836, 483, 367, 810, 715, 616, 913, 797, 428, 473,374, 693, 415, 722, 606, 253, 838, 664, 811, 485, 224, 717, 456, 375,620, 430, 818, 723, 607, 839, 378, 697, 436, 929, 320, 813, 842, 668,489, 900, 784, 431, 819, 738, 622, 460, 680, 725, 379, 240, 628, 438,843, 670, 902, 739, 623, 821, 462, 850, 497, 381, 792, 439, 684, 729,630, 468, 961, 352, 845, 671, 903, 442, 248, 741, 463, 851, 906, 712,825, 631, 686, 796, 470, 443, 634, 866, 692, 576, 907, 808, 853, 252,745, 484, 368, 687, 471, 716, 914, 798, 635, 445, 867, 474, 694, 416,909, 254, 812, 486, 857, 915, 799, 718, 753, 637, 475, 376, 869, 695,724, 608, 255, 840, 698, 487, 930, 814, 719, 917, 490, 432, 477, 820,726, 380, 873, 699, 931, 815, 844, 491, 740, 624, 921, 822, 727, 498,382, 701, 440, 730, 933, 962, 846, 672, 493, 881, 904, 823, 742, 464,852, 499, 383, 826, 731, 632, 963, 847, 444, 937, 743, 908, 854, 827,501, 746, 688, 733, 472, 965, 636, 446, 868, 855, 910, 747, 945, 829,858, 505, 916, 800, 447, 754, 638, 476, 969, 870, 696, 911, 256, 749,488, 859, 720, 918, 755, 639, 871, 478, 874, 700, 932, 977, 816, 861,919, 492, 757, 479, 922, 728, 875, 702, 934, 494, 882, 923, 824, 761,500, 993, 384, 877, 703, 732, 935, 964, 848, 495, 883, 938, 744, 925,828, 502, 734, 966, 939, 885, 856, 503, 748, 946, 830, 735, 967, 506,448, 941, 970, 889, 912, 947, 831, 750, 860, 507, 756, 640, 971, 872,751, 949, 978, 862, 509, 920, 758, 480, 973, 876, 979, 863, 953, 759,924, 762, 994, 878, 704, 936, 981, 496, 884, 926, 763, 995, 879, 940,985, 886, 927, 765, 504, 997, 736, 968, 887, 942, 890, 948, 832, 508,1001, 943, 972, 891, 752, 950, 510, 974, 1009, 893, 951, 980, 864, 511,954, 760, 975, 982, 955, 764, 996, 880, 983, 957, 986, 928, 766, 998,987, 888, 767, 999, 1002, 944, 989, 892, 1003, 1010, 894, 952, 512,1005, 976, 1011, 895, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 1017, 959, 988, 768, 1000,990, 1004, 991, 1006, 1012, 896, 1007, 1014, 1015, 1018, 960, 1019,1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024], and

a sequence obtained by using the formula (10) or (11) is a sequence (4):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 8, 257, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 130, 20, 15, 73, 131,513, 22, 36, 133, 23, 81, 26, 38, 258, 137, 27, 39, 97, 259, 68, 42, 29,145, 43, 261, 70, 50, 71, 45, 16, 265, 74, 161, 51, 132, 514, 75, 53,515, 134, 24, 273, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83, 517, 57, 138, 28, 40, 289, 98,85, 260, 139, 521, 30, 146, 99, 44, 262, 141, 31, 89, 147, 529, 101,263, 72, 321, 46, 266, 162, 52, 149, 47, 105, 267, 76, 163, 545, 54,516, 274, 153, 269, 78, 165, 55, 113, 136, 385, 275, 194, 84, 518, 58,79, 195, 519, 290, 169, 59, 277, 577, 86, 140, 522, 291, 100, 197, 87,61, 523, 142, 32, 281, 90, 177, 148, 293, 530, 102, 264, 143, 322, 201,91, 525, 641, 531, 150, 103, 323, 48, 297, 106, 93, 268, 164, 151, 209,546, 533, 154, 107, 325, 270, 547, 166, 56, 305, 114, 386, 276, 155,537, 109, 271, 80, 329, 167, 225, 115, 549, 387, 196, 520, 769, 170, 60,278, 157, 578, 117, 292, 171, 389, 279, 579, 198, 88, 337, 553, 62, 524,282, 178, 199, 294, 173, 63, 581, 121, 144, 393, 283, 202, 92, 526, 179,561, 642, 295, 532, 104, 353, 324, 203, 527, 298, 285, 585, 94, 181,643, 152, 401, 210, 534, 299, 108, 326, 205, 95, 211, 548, 645, 535,306, 185, 593, 156, 327, 301, 538, 110, 272, 330, 168, 417, 307, 226,116, 213, 550, 388, 770, 649, 539, 158, 111, 331, 227, 551, 309, 609,118, 771, 172, 390, 280, 159, 580, 338, 217, 554, 541, 333, 657, 229,119, 391, 200, 449, 339, 555, 773, 174, 64, 582, 313, 122, 394, 284,180, 562, 296, 175, 583, 354, 233, 123, 341, 557, 395, 204, 528, 777,286, 586, 673, 563, 182, 644, 402, 355, 125, 300, 397, 287, 587, 206,96, 345, 183, 241, 565, 403, 212, 646, 536, 785, 186, 357, 594, 328,207, 302, 589, 647, 418, 308, 187, 405, 705, 595, 214, 569, 650, 303,540, 112, 361, 332, 419, 228, 215, 552, 801, 310, 189, 610, 597, 772,651, 160, 409, 218, 542, 334, 421, 658, 311, 611, 230, 120, 369, 392,450, 340, 219, 556, 774, 653, 543, 314, 601, 335, 659, 231, 613, 451,775, 176, 425, 584, 315, 833, 234, 124, 342, 221, 558, 396, 778, 674,564, 661, 356, 235, 453, 343, 559, 317, 617, 126, 779, 398, 288, 588,346, 675, 184, 433, 242, 566, 404, 786, 665, 358, 237, 127, 399, 208,457, 347, 781, 590, 243, 677, 567, 625, 648, 897, 787, 188, 406, 706,359, 596, 570, 304, 591, 362, 349, 245, 420, 407, 707, 216, 465, 802,681, 571, 789, 190, 598, 652, 410, 363, 803, 422, 312, 191, 612, 709,599, 370, 249, 573, 411, 220, 654, 544, 793, 365, 602, 689, 336, 423,660, 232, 481, 371, 805, 614, 452, 776, 655, 426, 316, 413, 834, 713,603, 222, 662, 615, 373, 427, 835, 236, 454, 344, 223, 560, 809, 318,618, 605, 780, 676, 663, 434, 721, 455, 429, 666, 319, 619, 837, 238,128, 377, 400, 458, 348, 782, 435, 244, 678, 568, 817, 626, 898, 788,667, 360, 239, 621, 459, 783, 592, 841, 350, 679, 437, 737, 627, 246,899, 408, 708, 466, 682, 572, 790, 669, 364, 461, 351, 247, 629, 467,804, 683, 901, 791, 192, 710, 441, 600, 849, 250, 574, 412, 794, 366,690, 424, 711, 482, 372, 251, 469, 806, 685, 575, 633, 656, 905, 795,414, 714, 367, 604, 691, 483, 807, 616, 865, 374, 253, 428, 415, 836,715, 224, 473, 810, 797, 606, 693, 664, 913, 485, 722, 375, 456, 811,430, 320, 620, 838, 717, 607, 378, 436, 723, 818, 697, 431, 668, 839,240, 489, 379, 813, 622, 460, 784, 842, 680, 929, 819, 438, 738, 628,725, 900, 670, 623, 381, 843, 462, 352, 439, 739, 248, 497, 821, 630,468, 684, 902, 792, 671, 442, 850, 729, 463, 845, 741, 631, 903, 712,443, 961, 851, 252, 470, 686, 576, 825, 634, 906, 796, 368, 692, 484,471, 808, 687, 445, 866, 745, 635, 853, 254, 907, 416, 716, 474, 798,694, 914, 867, 486, 376, 255, 637, 475, 812, 909, 799, 718, 608, 857,695, 753, 915, 487, 724, 698, 869, 432, 840, 719, 490, 380, 477, 814,930, 820, 699, 917, 726, 491, 815, 624, 873, 382, 844, 931, 440, 740,727, 498, 822, 701, 672, 921, 493, 730, 383, 464, 846, 499, 933, 823,742, 632, 881, 904, 444, 962, 852, 731, 826, 847, 743, 501, 963, 472,688, 937, 827, 446, 746, 636, 854, 733, 908, 447, 868, 747, 965, 855,256, 505, 829, 638, 476, 910, 800, 858, 696, 945, 754, 916, 488, 870,749, 639, 911, 720, 969, 859, 478, 755, 700, 918, 871, 492, 479, 816,874, 861, 757, 932, 919, 728, 977, 702, 922, 875, 494, 384, 500, 934,824, 703, 882, 761, 923, 495, 732, 877, 848, 935, 744, 993, 883, 502,964, 938, 828, 925, 734, 503, 885, 939, 448, 748, 966, 856, 735, 506,830, 946, 967, 507, 941, 831, 750, 640, 889, 912, 970, 860, 947, 756,872, 751, 509, 971, 480, 862, 949, 758, 920, 978, 876, 973, 863, 759,979, 704, 953, 762, 924, 496, 878, 936, 994, 884, 763, 981, 926, 879,995, 504, 886, 765, 940, 927, 736, 985, 997, 887, 968, 508, 942, 832,890, 948, 943, 752, 1001, 891, 510, 972, 950, 511, 893, 974, 864, 951,760, 1009, 980, 954, 975, 955, 764, 982, 880, 996, 983, 957, 766, 928,986, 998, 888, 767, 987, 999, 944, 1002, 892, 989, 1003, 512, 894, 952,1010, 1005, 895, 976, 1011, 956, 1013, 984, 958, 959, 768, 1017, 988,1000, 990, 1004, 991, 1006, 896, 1012, 1007, 1014, 1015, 960, 1018,1019, 1021, 992, 1008, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024].

If N=512:

a sequence obtained by using the formula (2) is a sequence (5):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 4, 33, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 129, 34, 21,35, 25, 8, 37, 66, 257, 67, 12, 41, 69, 14, 20, 49, 130, 15, 73, 22,131, 36, 23, 133, 81, 26, 38, 27, 258, 137, 39, 68, 97, 42, 259, 29,145, 43, 70, 261, 50, 71, 16, 45, 74, 51, 265, 132, 161, 75, 24, 53,134, 82, 273, 77, 135, 83, 28, 57, 193, 138, 40, 98, 85, 260, 30, 139,289, 146, 99, 44, 31, 262, 141, 89, 147, 72, 101, 46, 263, 321, 52, 266,162, 149, 47, 76, 105, 267, 54, 163, 274, 153, 78, 55, 269, 136, 165,84, 113, 58, 194, 275, 385, 79, 59, 86, 195, 140, 290, 169, 277, 100,87, 32, 291, 61, 197, 142, 90, 281, 148, 177, 102, 264, 143, 293, 91,322, 201, 150, 103, 48, 106, 323, 93, 268, 297, 164, 151, 209, 154, 107,325, 56, 270, 166, 114, 276, 155, 305, 386, 80, 109, 271, 167, 115, 329,60, 196, 225, 170, 278, 387, 157, 88, 117, 292, 62, 171, 198, 279, 389,337, 282, 178, 63, 199, 144, 294, 173, 92, 121, 202, 283, 179, 393, 104,295, 324, 94, 203, 353, 298, 285, 152, 181, 210, 108, 401, 95, 299, 326,205, 211, 156, 306, 185, 110, 327, 272, 301, 168, 116, 330, 226, 307,213, 388, 158, 417, 111, 331, 118, 227, 172, 280, 159, 309, 390, 338,217, 119, 333, 64, 200, 229, 174, 391, 122, 339, 284, 313, 449, 180,394, 296, 175, 123, 204, 354, 233, 341, 286, 395, 182, 402, 96, 355,125, 300, 206, 287, 183, 397, 345, 212, 241, 186, 403, 328, 207, 357,302, 308, 187, 214, 418, 112, 405, 303, 332, 361, 228, 215, 160, 310,419, 189, 218, 409, 120, 334, 230, 311, 392, 421, 340, 219, 369, 314,450, 335, 231, 176, 124, 234, 315, 342, 451, 221, 396, 425, 356, 126,235, 343, 288, 317, 453, 184, 398, 346, 242, 404, 433, 127, 208, 358,237, 399, 347, 243, 457, 188, 406, 359, 304, 362, 349, 216, 245, 420,190, 407, 465, 410, 363, 312, 191, 422, 220, 370, 249, 411, 336, 365,232, 423, 371, 316, 452, 222, 481, 426, 413, 236, 344, 223, 373, 318,427, 454, 434, 128, 238, 319, 455, 400, 429, 348, 377, 244, 458, 435,360, 239, 350, 459, 246, 408, 437, 466, 364, 351, 247, 461, 192, 250,467, 412, 441, 366, 424, 372, 251, 482, 469, 414, 367, 224, 374, 483,253, 428, 415, 473, 375, 320, 456, 485, 430, 378, 436, 240, 431, 379,460, 489, 438, 352, 381, 248, 462, 439, 468, 497, 442, 463, 252, 443,470, 368, 484, 254, 471, 416, 445, 474, 376, 255, 486, 475, 487, 432,380, 490, 477, 382, 491, 440, 498, 383, 464, 493, 499, 444, 472, 501,446, 256, 447, 476, 505, 488, 478, 492, 479, 384, 494, 500, 495, 502,503, 448, 506, 507, 480, 509, 496, 504, 508, 510, 511, 512],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (7) is a sequence (6):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 130, 49, 20, 15, 73, 131,22, 133, 36, 23, 81, 26, 258, 38, 137, 27, 259, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29, 145,261, 70, 43, 50, 71, 265, 45, 16, 74, 161, 132, 51, 75, 134, 273, 53,24, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83, 138, 57, 28, 289, 260, 40, 98, 139, 85, 30,146, 262, 99, 141, 44, 31, 89, 147, 263, 321, 101, 72, 266, 46, 162,149, 52, 267, 47, 105, 76, 163, 274, 54, 153, 269, 385, 78, 165, 136,275, 194, 55, 113, 84, 58, 79, 290, 195, 277, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291,197, 100, 87, 142, 281, 61, 32, 90, 177, 148, 293, 264, 322, 102, 143,201, 91, 150, 323, 103, 297, 268, 48, 106, 164, 93, 151, 209, 325, 154,270, 107, 386, 166, 305, 276, 56, 114, 155, 271, 329, 109, 387, 80, 167,225, 196, 278, 115, 170, 157, 60, 389, 292, 279, 198, 337, 171, 117, 88,282, 62, 178, 294, 199, 393, 173, 144, 283, 202, 63, 121, 92, 179, 295,353, 324, 104, 298, 203, 285, 401, 94, 181, 152, 210, 326, 299, 205,108, 95, 306, 211, 327, 185, 156, 301, 272, 330, 417, 110, 388, 168,307, 226, 213, 116, 158, 331, 111, 390, 227, 309, 280, 338, 172, 118,159, 217, 333, 391, 449, 229, 200, 339, 394, 119, 174, 313, 284, 64,122, 180, 296, 354, 395, 341, 175, 233, 204, 286, 123, 402, 182, 355,397, 300, 287, 206, 345, 125, 403, 96, 183, 241, 212, 357, 328, 186,302, 207, 418, 405, 308, 214, 187, 303, 361, 332, 419, 112, 228, 310,215, 409, 189, 160, 218, 334, 421, 392, 450, 311, 230, 369, 340, 120,314, 219, 335, 451, 231, 425, 396, 342, 176, 315, 234, 221, 124, 453,356, 343, 398, 235, 317, 288, 346, 433, 126, 404, 184, 242, 358, 399,457, 237, 208, 347, 127, 406, 243, 359, 188, 304, 362, 420, 349, 407,465, 245, 216, 410, 190, 363, 422, 312, 370, 411, 191, 249, 220, 365,336, 423, 481, 452, 232, 371, 426, 413, 316, 222, 454, 427, 373, 344,236, 318, 223, 434, 455, 429, 400, 458, 319, 238, 377, 348, 435, 128,244, 360, 459, 239, 350, 437, 408, 466, 246, 461, 364, 351, 467, 247,441, 412, 192, 250, 366, 424, 482, 469, 372, 414, 251, 367, 483, 428,374, 415, 473, 253, 224, 485, 456, 375, 430, 320, 378, 436, 431, 489,460, 240, 379, 438, 462, 381, 352, 439, 497, 468, 248, 442, 463, 470,443, 252, 368, 484, 471, 445, 416, 474, 254, 486, 376, 475, 255, 487,432, 490, 477, 380, 491, 382, 440, 498, 493, 464, 383, 499, 444, 501,472, 446, 447, 505, 476, 256, 488, 478, 492, 479, 494, 384, 500, 495,502, 503, 448, 506, 507, 509, 480, 496, 504, 508, 510, 511, 512],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (8) is a sequence (7):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 65, 7, 10, 11, 18, 129, 13, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 257, 37, 66, 8, 67, 41, 12, 69, 130, 14, 49, 20, 73, 131, 15,22, 133, 36, 81, 23, 26, 258, 137, 38, 27, 259, 97, 39, 68, 42, 145, 29,261, 70, 43, 50, 265, 71, 161, 45, 74, 132, 16, 51, 75, 273, 134, 53,82, 24, 193, 77, 135, 83, 138, 57, 289, 28, 260, 98, 139, 40, 85, 146,30, 262, 99, 141, 44, 89, 321, 147, 31, 263, 101, 266, 72, 162, 46, 149,52, 267, 105, 163, 47, 76, 274, 153, 54, 385, 269, 165, 275, 194, 78,113, 136, 55, 84, 58, 290, 195, 79, 277, 169, 140, 86, 59, 291, 197,100, 281, 87, 142, 177, 61, 90, 293, 322, 148, 32, 264, 201, 102, 143,91, 323, 150, 297, 103, 268, 106, 164, 209, 48, 93, 325, 151, 154, 386,270, 107, 305, 166, 276, 114, 329, 155, 56, 387, 271, 225, 109, 167,196, 80, 278, 115, 170, 157, 389, 60, 292, 337, 279, 198, 171, 117, 282,88, 178, 62, 393, 294, 199, 173, 283, 202, 121, 144, 353, 179, 63, 92,295, 324, 298, 203, 104, 401, 285, 181, 210, 94, 326, 152, 299, 205,108, 306, 211, 95, 327, 185, 417, 301, 330, 156, 388, 272, 307, 226,110, 168, 213, 116, 331, 158, 390, 227, 111, 309, 338, 280, 172, 217,118, 449, 333, 159, 391, 229, 339, 394, 200, 313, 119, 174, 284, 122,354, 180, 64, 395, 296, 341, 233, 175, 204, 402, 286, 123, 355, 182,397, 300, 345, 403, 287, 206, 241, 125, 357, 183, 212, 96, 328, 186,418, 302, 207, 405, 308, 214, 361, 187, 419, 303, 332, 228, 112, 409,310, 215, 189, 218, 421, 450, 334, 160, 369, 392, 311, 230, 340, 314,219, 120, 451, 335, 425, 231, 396, 342, 315, 234, 176, 221, 453, 124,356, 343, 398, 235, 433, 317, 346, 404, 288, 242, 126, 457, 358, 184,399, 237, 347, 208, 406, 243, 127, 359, 362, 188, 420, 465, 304, 349,407, 245, 410, 216, 363, 190, 422, 370, 411, 312, 249, 481, 365, 191,220, 423, 452, 336, 371, 426, 232, 413, 316, 222, 454, 427, 373, 344,236, 434, 318, 223, 455, 429, 458, 377, 400, 435, 319, 238, 348, 244,128, 459, 360, 239, 437, 466, 350, 408, 246, 461, 364, 467, 351, 441,247, 412, 250, 482, 366, 192, 424, 469, 372, 414, 251, 483, 367, 428,473, 374, 415, 253, 485, 224, 456, 375, 430, 378, 436, 320, 489, 431,460, 379, 240, 438, 462, 497, 381, 439, 468, 352, 442, 248, 463, 470,443, 252, 484, 368, 471, 445, 474, 416, 254, 486, 475, 376, 255, 487,490, 432, 477, 380, 491, 498, 382, 440, 493, 464, 499, 383, 444, 501,472, 446, 505, 447, 476, 256, 488, 478, 492, 479, 494, 500, 384, 495,502, 503, 506, 448, 507, 509, 480, 496, 504, 508, 510, 511, 512], and

a sequence generated by using the formula (10) or (11) is a sequence(8):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 8, 257, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 130, 20, 15, 73, 131,22, 36, 133, 23, 81, 26, 38, 258, 137, 27, 39, 97, 259, 68, 42, 29, 145,43, 261, 70, 50, 71, 45, 16, 265, 74, 161, 51, 132, 75, 53, 134, 24,273, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83, 57, 138, 28, 40, 289, 98, 85, 260, 139, 30,146, 99, 44, 262, 141, 31, 89, 147, 101, 263, 72, 321, 46, 266, 162, 52,149, 47, 105, 267, 76, 163, 54, 274, 153, 269, 78, 165, 55, 113, 136,385, 275, 194, 84, 58, 79, 195, 290, 169, 59, 277, 86, 140, 291, 100,197, 87, 61, 142, 32, 281, 90, 177, 148, 293, 102, 264, 143, 322, 201,91, 150, 103, 323, 48, 297, 106, 93, 268, 164, 151, 209, 154, 107, 325,270, 166, 56, 305, 114, 386, 276, 155, 109, 271, 80, 329, 167, 225, 115,387, 196, 170, 60, 278, 157, 117, 292, 171, 389, 279, 198, 88, 337, 62,282, 178, 199, 294, 173, 63, 121, 144, 393, 283, 202, 92, 179, 295, 104,353, 324, 203, 298, 285, 94, 181, 152, 401, 210, 299, 108, 326, 205, 95,211, 306, 185, 156, 327, 301, 110, 272, 330, 168, 417, 307, 226, 116,213, 388, 158, 111, 331, 227, 309, 118, 172, 390, 280, 159, 338, 217,333, 229, 119, 391, 200, 449, 339, 174, 64, 313, 122, 394, 284, 180,296, 175, 354, 233, 123, 341, 395, 204, 286, 182, 402, 355, 125, 300,397, 287, 206, 96, 345, 183, 241, 403, 212, 186, 357, 328, 207, 302,418, 308, 187, 405, 214, 303, 112, 361, 332, 419, 228, 215, 310, 189,160, 409, 218, 334, 421, 311, 230, 120, 369, 392, 450, 340, 219, 314,335, 231, 451, 176, 425, 315, 234, 124, 342, 221, 396, 356, 235, 453,343, 317, 126, 398, 288, 346, 184, 433, 242, 404, 358, 237, 127, 399,208, 457, 347, 243, 188, 406, 359, 304, 362, 349, 245, 420, 407, 216,465, 190, 410, 363, 422, 312, 191, 370, 249, 411, 220, 365, 336, 423,232, 481, 371, 452, 426, 316, 413, 222, 373, 427, 236, 454, 344, 223,318, 434, 455, 429, 319, 238, 128, 377, 400, 458, 348, 435, 244, 360,239, 459, 350, 437, 246, 408, 466, 364, 461, 351, 247, 467, 192, 441,250, 412, 366, 424, 482, 372, 251, 469, 414, 367, 483, 374, 253, 428,415, 224, 473, 485, 375, 456, 430, 320, 378, 436, 431, 240, 489, 379,460, 438, 381, 462, 352, 439, 248, 497, 468, 442, 463, 443, 252, 470,368, 484, 471, 445, 254, 416, 474, 486, 376, 255, 475, 487, 432, 490,380, 477, 491, 382, 440, 498, 493, 383, 464, 499, 444, 501, 472, 446,447, 256, 505, 476, 488, 478, 492, 479, 494, 384, 500, 495, 502, 503,448, 506, 507, 509, 480, 496, 504, 508, 510, 511, 512].

If N=256:

a sequence obtained by using the formula (2) is a sequence (9):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 4, 33, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 129, 34, 21,35, 25, 8, 37, 66, 67, 12, 41, 69, 14, 20, 49, 130, 15, 73, 22, 131, 36,23, 133, 81, 26, 38, 27, 137, 39, 68, 97, 42, 29, 145, 43, 70, 50, 71,16, 45, 74, 51, 132, 161, 75, 24, 53, 134, 82, 77, 135, 83, 28, 57, 193,138, 40, 98, 85, 30, 139, 146, 99, 44, 31, 141, 89, 147, 72, 101, 46,52, 162, 149, 47, 76, 105, 54, 163, 153, 78, 55, 136, 165, 84, 113, 58,194, 79, 59, 86, 195, 140, 169, 100, 87, 32, 61, 197, 142, 90, 148, 177,102, 143, 91, 201, 150, 103, 48, 106, 93, 164, 151, 209, 154, 107, 56,166, 114, 155, 80, 109, 167, 115, 60, 196, 225, 170, 157, 88, 117, 62,171, 198, 178, 63, 199, 144, 173, 92, 121, 202, 179, 104, 94, 203, 152,181, 210, 108, 95, 205, 211, 156, 185, 110, 168, 116, 226, 213, 158,111, 118, 227, 172, 159, 217, 119, 64, 200, 229, 174, 122, 180, 175,123, 204, 233, 182, 96, 125, 206, 183, 212, 241, 186, 207, 187, 214,112, 228, 215, 160, 189, 218, 120, 230, 219, 231, 176, 124, 234, 221,126, 235, 184, 242, 127, 208, 237, 243, 188, 216, 245, 190, 191, 220,249, 232, 222, 236, 223, 128, 238, 244, 239, 246, 247, 192, 250, 251,224, 253, 240, 248, 252, 254, 255, 256],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (7) is a sequence (10):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 130, 49, 20, 15, 73, 131, 22,133, 36, 23, 81, 26, 38, 137, 27, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29, 145, 70, 43, 50,71, 45, 16, 74, 161, 132, 51, 75, 134, 53, 24, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83,138, 57, 28, 40, 98, 139, 85, 30, 146, 99, 141, 44, 31, 89, 147, 101,72, 46, 162, 149, 52, 47, 105, 76, 163, 54, 153, 78, 165, 136, 194, 55,113, 84, 58, 79, 195, 169, 140, 86, 59, 197, 100, 87, 142, 61, 32, 90,177, 148, 102, 143, 201, 91, 150, 103, 48, 106, 164, 93, 151, 209, 154,107, 166, 56, 114, 155, 109, 80, 167, 225, 196, 115, 170, 157, 60, 198,171, 117, 88, 62, 178, 199, 173, 144, 202, 63, 121, 92, 179, 104, 203,94, 181, 152, 210, 205, 108, 95, 211, 185, 156, 110, 168, 226, 213, 116,158, 111, 227, 172, 118, 159, 217, 229, 200, 119, 174, 64, 122, 180,175, 233, 204, 123, 182, 206, 125, 96, 183, 241, 212, 186, 207, 214,187, 112, 228, 215, 189, 160, 218, 230, 120, 219, 231, 176, 234, 221,124, 235, 126, 184, 242, 237, 208, 127, 243, 188, 245, 216, 190, 191,249, 220, 232, 222, 236, 223, 238, 128, 244, 239, 246, 247, 192, 250,251, 253, 224, 240, 248, 252, 254, 255, 256],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (8) is a sequence (11):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 65, 7, 10, 11, 18, 129, 13, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 66, 8, 67, 41, 12, 69, 130, 14, 49, 20, 73, 131, 15, 22,133, 36, 81, 23, 26, 137, 38, 27, 97, 39, 68, 42, 145, 29, 70, 43, 50,71, 161, 45, 74, 132, 16, 51, 75, 134, 53, 82, 24, 193, 77, 135, 83,138, 57, 28, 98, 139, 40, 85, 146, 30, 99, 141, 44, 89, 147, 31, 101,72, 162, 46, 149, 52, 105, 163, 47, 76, 153, 54, 165, 194, 78, 113, 136,55, 84, 58, 195, 79, 169, 140, 86, 59, 197, 100, 87, 142, 177, 61, 90,148, 32, 201, 102, 143, 91, 150, 103, 106, 164, 209, 48, 93, 151, 154,107, 166, 114, 155, 56, 225, 109, 167, 196, 80, 115, 170, 157, 60, 198,171, 117, 88, 178, 62, 199, 173, 202, 121, 144, 179, 63, 92, 203, 104,181, 210, 94, 152, 205, 108, 211, 95, 185, 156, 226, 110, 168, 213, 116,158, 227, 111, 172, 217, 118, 159, 229, 200, 119, 174, 122, 180, 64,233, 175, 204, 123, 182, 206, 241, 125, 183, 212, 96, 186, 207, 214,187, 228, 112, 215, 189, 218, 160, 230, 219, 120, 231, 234, 176, 221,124, 235, 242, 126, 184, 237, 208, 243, 127, 188, 245, 216, 190, 249,191, 220, 232, 222, 236, 223, 238, 244, 128, 239, 246, 247, 250, 192,251, 253, 224, 240, 248, 252, 254, 255, 256], and

a sequence generated by using the formula (10) or (11) is a sequence(12):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 129, 19, 34, 21,35, 25, 37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 130, 20, 15, 73, 131, 22, 36,133, 23, 81, 26, 38, 137, 27, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29, 145, 43, 70, 50, 71,45, 16, 74, 161, 51, 132, 75, 53, 134, 24, 82, 77, 135, 193, 83, 57,138, 28, 40, 98, 85, 139, 30, 146, 99, 44, 141, 31, 89, 147, 101, 72,46, 162, 52, 149, 47, 105, 76, 163, 54, 153, 78, 165, 55, 113, 136, 194,84, 58, 79, 195, 169, 59, 86, 140, 100, 197, 87, 61, 142, 32, 90, 177,148, 102, 143, 201, 91, 150, 103, 48, 106, 93, 164, 151, 209, 154, 107,166, 56, 114, 155, 109, 80, 167, 225, 115, 196, 170, 60, 157, 117, 171,198, 88, 62, 178, 199, 173, 63, 121, 144, 202, 92, 179, 104, 203, 94,181, 152, 210, 108, 205, 95, 211, 185, 156, 110, 168, 226, 116, 213,158, 111, 227, 118, 172, 159, 217, 229, 119, 200, 174, 64, 122, 180,175, 233, 123, 204, 182, 125, 206, 96, 183, 241, 212, 186, 207, 187,214, 112, 228, 215, 189, 160, 218, 230, 120, 219, 231, 176, 234, 124,221, 235, 126, 184, 242, 237, 127, 208, 243, 188, 245, 216, 190, 191,249, 220, 232, 222, 236, 223, 238, 128, 244, 239, 246, 247, 192, 250,251, 253, 224, 240, 248, 252, 254, 255, 256].

If N=128:

a sequence obtained by using the formula (2) is a sequence (13):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 4, 33, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25,8, 37, 66, 67, 12, 41, 69, 14, 20, 49, 15, 73, 22, 36, 23, 81, 26, 38,27, 39, 68, 97, 42, 29, 43, 70, 50, 71, 16, 45, 74, 51, 75, 24, 53, 82,77, 83, 28, 57, 40, 98, 85, 30, 99, 44, 31, 89, 72, 101, 46, 52, 47, 76,105, 54, 78, 55, 84, 113, 58, 79, 59, 86, 100, 87, 32, 61, 90, 102, 91,103, 48, 106, 93, 107, 56, 114, 80, 109, 115, 60, 88, 117, 62, 63, 92,121, 104, 94, 108, 95, 110, 116, 111, 118, 119, 64, 122, 123, 96, 125,112, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (7) is a sequence (14):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25,37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 20, 15, 73, 22, 36, 23, 81, 26, 38,27, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29, 70, 43, 50, 71, 45, 16, 74, 51, 75, 53, 24, 82,77, 83, 57, 28, 40, 98, 85, 30, 99, 44, 31, 89, 101, 72, 46, 52, 47,105, 76, 54, 78, 55, 113, 84, 58, 79, 86, 59, 100, 87, 61, 32, 90, 102,91, 103, 48, 106, 93, 107, 56, 114, 109, 80, 115, 60, 117, 88, 62, 63,121, 92, 104, 94, 108, 95, 110, 116, 111, 118, 119, 64, 122, 123, 125,96, 112, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (8) is a sequence (15):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 65, 7, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25,37, 66, 8, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 20, 73, 15, 22, 36, 81, 23, 26, 38,27, 97, 39, 68, 42, 29, 70, 43, 50, 71, 45, 74, 16, 51, 75, 53, 82, 24,77, 83, 57, 28, 98, 40, 85, 30, 99, 44, 89, 31, 101, 72, 46, 52, 105,47, 76, 54, 78, 113, 55, 84, 58, 79, 86, 59, 100, 87, 61, 90, 32, 102,91, 103, 106, 48, 93, 107, 114, 56, 109, 80, 115, 60, 117, 88, 62, 121,63, 92, 104, 94, 108, 95, 110, 116, 111, 118, 119, 122, 64, 123, 125,96, 112, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128], and

a sequence obtained by using the formula (10) or (11) is a sequence(16):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 65, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25,37, 8, 66, 67, 41, 12, 69, 14, 49, 20, 15, 73, 22, 36, 23, 81, 26, 38,27, 39, 97, 68, 42, 29, 43, 70, 50, 71, 45, 16, 74, 51, 75, 53, 24, 82,77, 83, 57, 28, 40, 98, 85, 30, 99, 44, 31, 89, 101, 72, 46, 52, 47,105, 76, 54, 78, 55, 113, 84, 58, 79, 59, 86, 100, 87, 61, 32, 90, 102,91, 103, 48, 106, 93, 107, 56, 114, 109, 80, 115, 60, 117, 88, 62, 63,121, 92, 104, 94, 108, 95, 110, 116, 111, 118, 119, 64, 122, 123, 125,96, 112, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128].

If N=64:

a sequence obtained by using the formula (2) is a sequence (17):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 4, 33, 6, 7, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25, 8,37, 12, 41, 14, 20, 49, 15, 22, 36, 23, 26, 38, 27, 39, 42, 29, 43, 50,16, 45, 51, 24, 53, 28, 57, 40, 30, 44, 31, 46, 52, 47, 54, 55, 58, 59,32, 61, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (7) is a sequence (18):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25, 37,8, 41, 12, 14, 49, 20, 15, 22, 36, 23, 26, 38, 27, 39, 42, 29, 43, 50,45, 16, 51, 53, 24, 57, 28, 40, 30, 44, 31, 46, 52, 47, 54, 55, 58, 59,61, 32, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64],

a sequence obtained by using the formula (8) is a sequence (19):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25, 37,8, 41, 12, 14, 49, 20, 15, 22, 36, 23, 26, 38, 27, 39, 42, 29, 43, 50,45, 16, 51, 53, 24, 57, 28, 40, 30, 44, 31, 46, 52, 47, 54, 55, 58, 59,61, 32, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64], and

a sequence obtained by using the formula (10) or (11) is a sequence(20):

[1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 18, 13, 19, 34, 21, 35, 25, 37,8, 41, 12, 14, 49, 20, 15, 22, 36, 23, 26, 38, 27, 39, 42, 29, 43, 50,45, 16, 51, 53, 24, 57, 28, 40, 30, 44, 31, 46, 52, 47, 54, 55, 58, 59,61, 32, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64].

It should be noted that the foregoing sequences are merely examples, andapplication of the sequences to a polar encoding process helps improveencoding/decoding performance of a polar code. For any exemplifiedsequence, on a premise of not affecting an overall effect of thesequence, adjustments or equivalent replacements in the followingseveral aspects may be included but are not limited:

1. Locations of fewer elements in the sequence are exchanged. Forexample, a sequence number location may be adjusted by a specifiedmagnitude, for example, the specified magnitude is 5. A location of anelement whose sequence number is 10 may be adjusted by left and rightfive locations.

2. Some elements in the sequence are adjusted, but channel sets that areused to transmit T-bit information and that are selected based on thesequence are consistent or similar.

3. The sequence includes N elements from 1 to N, and the N elements from1 to N represent sequence numbers of N polar channels. Actually, thesequence numbers of the N polar channels may alternatively start from 0and end up with N−1, that is, subtracting 1 from the sequence numbers inthe foregoing sequence. This is also a sequence number form in theforegoing computation manner. Certainly, a sequence number or anidentifier of the polar channel may alternatively be represented inanother manner. The specific representation manner does not affect aspecific location of the polar channel in the sequence.

4. Sequence numbers of N polar channels in the sequence are arranged indescending order of reliability of the N polar channels. Actually,sequence numbers of N polar channels may alternatively be arranged inascending order of reliability of the N polar channels. That is,elements in the foregoing sequence are arranged in reverse order or ininverse order.

5. The foregoing sequence may alternatively be represented by usingnormalized reliability sequences or equivalent reliability sequences ofvarious channels. For example, a sorting location of a channel x in theforegoing sequence is n (where the leftmost location is denoted as 1).In this case, reliability of the channel may be represented as n ornormalized n/N, where N is a length of the sequence.

Based on the polar code encoding method shown in FIG. 2, as shown inFIG. 3, an embodiment of this application further provides a polar codeencoding apparatus 300. The polar code encoding apparatus 300 isconfigured to perform the polar code encoding method shown in FIG. 2.The polar code encoding apparatus 300 includes:

an obtaining unit 301, configured to obtain a first sequence used toencode K to-be-encoded bits, where the first sequence includes sequencenumbers of N polar channels, and the sequence numbers of the N polarchannels are arranged in the first sequence based on reliability of theN polar channels, where K is a positive integer, N is a mother codelength of a polar code, N is a positive integer power of 2, and K≤N,

a selection unit 302, configured to select sequence numbers of K polarchannels from the first sequence in descending order of the reliability,and

an encoding unit 303, configured to: place the to-be-encoded bits basedon the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels, and performpolar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits.

The first sequence may be any one of the sequences exemplified above,and reliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels mayalso be determined by using any one of the foregoing exemplifiedformulas.

Based on a same inventive concept of the polar code encoding methodshown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of this applicationfurther provides a polar code encoding apparatus 400. The polar codeencoding apparatus 400 is configured to perform the polar code encodingmethod shown in FIG. 2. A part or all of the polar code encoding methodshown in FIG. 2 may be implemented by using hardware or software. Whenthe hardware is used for implementation, the polar code encodingapparatus 400 includes: an input interface circuit 401, configured toobtain to-be-encoded bits, a logical circuit 402, configured to performthe polar code encoding method shown in FIG. 2, where for details, referto the descriptions in the foregoing method embodiment, and details arenot described herein again, and an output interface circuit 403,configured to output an encoded bit sequence.

Optionally, during specific implementation, the polar code encodingapparatus 400 may be a chip or an integrated circuit.

Optionally, when a part or all of the polar code encoding method in theforegoing embodiment is implemented by using software, as shown in FIG.5, the polar code encoding apparatus 400 includes: a memory 501,configured to store a program, and a processor 502, configured toexecute the program stored in the memory 501, where when the program isexecuted, the polar code encoding apparatus 400 may implement the polarcode encoding method provide in the embodiment in FIG. 2.

Optionally, the memory 501 may be a physically independent unit.Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, a memory 501 and a processor 502 maybe integrated together.

Optionally, when a part or all of the encoding method in the embodimentin FIG. 2 is implemented by using software, the polar code encodingapparatus 400 may alternatively include only a processor 502. A memory501 configured to store a program is located outside of the polar codeencoding apparatus 400, and the processor 502 is connected to the memory501 by using a circuit/a cable, and is configured to read and executethe program stored in the memory 501.

The processor 502 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a networkprocessor (NP), or a combination of a CPU and an NP.

The processor 502 may further include a hardware chip. The foregoinghardware chip may be an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC),a programmable logic device (PLD), or a combination thereof. The PLD maybe a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a field-programmable gatearray (FPGA), a generic array logic (GAL), or any combination thereof.

The memory 501 may include a volatile memory, for example, arandom-access memory (RAM). The memory 501 may also include anon-transitory or non-volatile memory, such as a flash memory, a harddisk drive (HDD), or a solid-state drive (SSD). Alternatively, thememory 501 may include a combination of the foregoing types of memories.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer storagemedium, storing a computer program, where the computer program is usedto perform the polar code encoding method shown in FIG. 2.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct including an instruction. When the computer program product isrun on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the polar codeencoding method shown in FIG. 2.

Persons skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments ofthis application may be provided as a method, a system, or a computerprogram product. Therefore, this application may use a form of hardwareonly embodiments, software only embodiments, or embodiments with acombination of software and hardware. Moreover, this application may usea form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or morecomputer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a diskmemory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory, and the like) that include computerusable program code.

This application is described with reference to the flowcharts and/orblock diagrams of the method, the device (system), and the computerprogram product according to the embodiments of this application. Itshould be understood that computer program instructions may be used toimplement each process and/or each block in the flowcharts and/or theblock diagrams and a combination of a process and/or a block in theflowcharts and/or the block diagrams. These computer programinstructions may be provided for a general-purpose computer, a dedicatedcomputer, an embedded processor, or a processor of any otherprogrammable data processing device to generate a machine, so that theinstructions executed by a computer or a processor of any otherprogrammable data processing device generate an apparatus forimplementing a specific function in one or more processes in theflowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer readablememory that can instruct the computer or any other programmable dataprocessing device to work in a specific manner, so that the instructionsstored in the computer readable memory generate an artifact thatincludes an instruction apparatus. The instruction apparatus implementsa specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or inone or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a computer oranother programmable data processing device, so that a series ofoperations and steps are performed on the computer or the anotherprogrammable device, thereby generating computer-implemented processing.Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or the anotherprogrammable device provide steps for implementing a specific functionin one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocksin the block diagrams.

Although some preferred embodiments of this application have beendescribed, persons skilled in the art can make changes and modificationsto these embodiments once they learn the basic inventive concept.Therefore, the following claims are intended to be construed as to coverthe preferred embodiments and all changes and modifications fallingwithin the scope of this application.

Obviously, persons skilled in the art can make various modifications andvariations to the embodiments of this application without departing fromthe scope of the embodiments of this application. This application isintended to cover these modifications and variations provided that theyfall within the scope of protection defined by the following claims andtheir equivalent technologies.

What is claimed is:
 1. A polar code encoding method, comprising:obtaining a first sequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits, whereinthe first sequence comprises sequence numbers of N polar channels,wherein the sequence numbers of the N polar channels are arranged in thefirst sequence according to reliability of the N polar channels, whereinK is a positive integer, wherein N is a mother code length of a polarcode, wherein N is a positive integer power of 2, and wherein K≤K;selecting sequence numbers of K polar channels from the first sequencein descending order of the reliability; and placing the to-be-encodedbits according to the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels,and performing polar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits.
 2. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein reliability of an i^(th) polarchannel in the N polar channels meets a first reliability computationformula; and wherein the first reliability computation formula is:W _(i)=Σ_(j=0) ^(n−1) B _(j)×(Σ_(86 ∈Ξ) C(ξ, j)Ψ(ξ, j)^(E(ξ)j)), wherein1≤i≤N; W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel, whereinn=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀, whereinB_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1, whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξ orderscomprised in the first reliability computation formula, wherein C(ξ, j)is a function of ξ and j and represents a weight value of each orderterm, wherein Ψ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, and wherein E(ξ) is afunction of ξ, and represents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order kernelfunction Ψ(ξ, j) varies with j.
 3. The method according to claim 1,wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channelsmeets a second reliability computation formula; and wherein the secondreliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} )}}},$Wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1,wherein B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of achannel sequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξorders comprised in the second reliability computation formula, whereinC(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a weight value of each orderterm, wherein β is a constant greater than 1, and wherein E(ξ) is afunction of ξ, and represents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order βkernel varies with j.
 4. The method according to claim 1, whereinreliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels meets athird reliability computation formula; and wherein the third reliabilitycomputation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{\frac{1}{4\xi}j}}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i=1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξ orderscomprised in the third reliability computation formula, and wherein C(ξ)is a function of ξ, and represents a weight value of each order term;and β is a constant greater than
 1. 5. The method according to claim 1,wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channelsmeets a fourth reliability computation formula; and wherein the fourthreliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {{\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{1}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{2}}}{{C(\xi)}B^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} + {\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{2}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{1}}}{{C(\xi)}{\Psi ( {\xi,j} )}^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ and Ξ₂ are sets of ξorders in the fourth reliability computation formula, wherein C(ξ) is afunction of ξ, and represents a weight value of each order term, whereinΨ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, wherein β is a constant greater than1, and wherein E(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a frequency atwhich a ξ^(th)-order β kernel varies with j or a frequency at which aξ^(th)-order kernel function Ψ(ξ, j) varies with j.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel inthe N polar channels meets a fifth reliability computation formula; andthe fifth reliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {{C(j)} \times {\Psi (j)}^{E \times j}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1,wherein B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of achannel sequence number i, wherein B_(h)∈{0,1}, wherein C(j) is aconstant, and represents a weight value of each order term, wherein andE is a constant, and represents a frequency at which a kernel functionΨ(j) varies with j, and wherein the kernel function Ψ(j) is a functionof j.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein reliability of ani^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels meets a sixth reliabilitycomputation formula; and wherein the sixth reliability computationformula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; ( {{B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {a \times b^{j}}} )} + {( {\underset{k \in K}{\Pi}B_{k}} ) \times B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {c \times d^{j}}} )}} )}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1,wherein B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of achannel sequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein β is a constantgreater than 1, wherein K is a set comprising binary representation bitsof the channel sequence number i, wherein K is a subset of a set {0, 1,. . . , n−1}, and a size Size(K) of K meets 0≤Size(K)≤n−1, wherein a isa weight of a kernel function b, and wherein c is a weight of a kernelfunction d.
 8. The method according to claim 3, wherein β=2^(¼).
 9. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein the first sequence is a secondsequence or a subset of a second sequence, the second sequence comprisessequence numbers of N_(max) polar channels, and the sequence numbers ofthe N_(max) polar channels are arranged in the second sequence accordingto reliability of the N_(max) polar channels, wherein N_(max) is apositive integer power of 2, and wherein N_(max≤N.)
 10. A polar codeencoding apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least onenon-transitory memory storing a program for execution by the at leastone processor, the program including instructions for: obtaining a firstsequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits, wherein the first sequencecomprises sequence numbers of N polar channels, wherein the sequencenumbers of the N polar channels are arranged in the first sequenceaccording to reliability of the N polar channels, wherein K is apositive integer, wherein N is a mother code length of a polar code,wherein N is a positive integer power of 2, and wherein K≤N; selectingsequence numbers of K polar channels from the first sequence indescending order of the reliability; and placing the to-be-encoded bitsaccording to the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels, andpolar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits.
 11. The apparatusaccording to claim 10, wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel inthe N polar channels meets a first reliability computation formula; andwherein the first reliability computation formula is:W _(i)=Σ_(j=0) ^(n−1) B _(j)×(Σ_(ξ∈Ξ) C(ξ, j)Ψ(ξ, j)^(E(ξ)j)), wherein1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polar channel,wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−)B_(n−2) . . . B₀, whereinB_(n−)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of wherein B_(j) isa value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channel sequencenumber i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξ orders comprisedin the first reliability computation formula, wherein C(ξ, j) is afunction of ξ and j, and represents a weight value of each order term,wherein Ψ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, and wherein E(ξ) is a functionof ξ, and represents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order kernel functionΨ(ξ, j) varies with j.
 12. The apparatus according to claim 10, whereinreliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels meets asecond reliability computation formula; and wherein the secondreliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1,wherein B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of achannel sequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξorders comprised in the second reliability computation formula, whereinC(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a weight value of each orderterm, wherein β is a constant greater than 1, and wherein E(ξ) is afunction of ξ, and represents a frequency at which a ξ^(th)-order βkernel varies with j.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 10, whereinreliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels meets athird reliability computation formula; and wherein the third reliabilitycomputation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {\sum\limits_{\xi \in \Xi}{{C(\xi)}\beta^{\frac{1}{4\xi}j}}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ is a set of ξ orderscomprised in the third reliability computation formula, and wherein C(ξ)is a function of ξ, and represents a weight value of each order term,wherein and β is a constant greater than
 1. 14. The apparatus accordingto claim 10, wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel in the Npolar channels meets a fourth reliability computation formula; andwherein the fourth reliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {{\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{1}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{2}}}{{C(\xi)}B^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}} + {\sum\limits_{{\xi \in \Xi_{2}},{\xi \notin \Xi_{1}}}{{C(\xi)}{\Psi ( {\xi,j} )}^{{E{(\xi)}}j}}}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein Ξ and Ξ₂ are sets of ξorders in the fourth reliability computation formula, wherein C(ξ) is afunction of ξ, and represents a weight value of each order term, whereinΨ(ξ, j) is a function of ξ and j, wherein β is a constant greater than1, and wherein E(ξ) is a function of ξ, and represents a frequency atwhich a ξ^(th)-order β kernel varies with j or a frequency at which aξ^(th)-order kernel function Ψ(ξ, j) varies with j.
 15. The apparatusaccording to claim 10, wherein reliability of an i^(th) polar channel inthe N polar channels meets a fifth reliability computation formula; andwherein the fifth reliability computation formula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; {B_{j} \times ( {{C(j)} \times {\Psi (j)}^{E \times j}} )}}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of i−1,wherein B_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of achannel sequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein C(j) is aconstant, and represents a weight value of each order term, wherein andE is a constant, and represents a frequency at which a kernel functionΨ(j) varies with j, wherein the kernel function Ψ(j) is a function of j.16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein reliability of ani^(th) polar channel in the N polar channels meets a sixth reliabilitycomputation formula; and wherein the sixth reliability computationformula is:${W_{i} = {\sum\limits_{j = 0}^{n - 1}\; ( {{B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {a \times b^{j}}} )} + {( {\underset{k \in K}{\Pi}B_{k}} ) \times B_{j} \times ( {\beta^{j} + {c \times d^{j}}} )}} )}},$wherein 1≤i≤N, wherein W_(i) is the reliability of the i^(th) polarchannel, wherein n=Log₂N, wherein i meets i−1=B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₀,wherein B_(n−1)B_(n−2) . . . B₁B₀ is a binary representation of whereinB_(j) is a value of a j^(th) bit of a binary representation of a channelsequence number i, wherein B_(j)∈{0,1}, wherein β is a constant greaterthan 1, wherein K is a set comprising binary representation bits of thechannel sequence number i, wherein K is a subset of a set {0, 1, . . . ,n−1}, and a size Size(K) of K meets 0≤Size(K)≤n−1, and wherein a is aweight of a kernel function b, wherein and c is a weight of a kernelfunction d.
 17. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein β=2^(¼).18. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first sequence is asecond sequence or a subset of a second sequence, wherein the secondsequence comprises sequence numbers of N_(max) polar channels, whereinthe sequence numbers of the N_(max) polar channels are arranged in thesecond sequence according to reliability of the N_(max) polar channels,wherein N_(max) is a positive integer power of 2, and wherein N_(max)≥N.19. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the polar code encodingapparatus is a chip or an integrated circuit.
 20. A polar code encodingapparatus, comprising: an input interface circuit for obtaining Kto-be-encoded bits; a logical circuit for: obtaining a first sequenceused to encode the K to-be-encoded bits, wherein the first sequencecomprises sequence numbers of N polar channels, wherein the sequencenumbers of the N polar channels are arranged in the first sequenceaccording to reliability of the N polar channels, wherein K is apositive integer, wherein N is a mother code length of a polar code,wherein N is a positive integer power of 2, and wherein K≤N; selectingsequence numbers of K polar channels from the first sequence indescending order of the reliability; and placing the to-be-encoded bitsaccording to the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels, andperforming polar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits to obtainencoded bit sequence; and an output interface circuit for outputting theencoded bit sequence.